In most textbooks, history typically only moves forward, from past to present. But in Britta Marakatt-Labba's 75-foot-long embroidery Historjá (2003–07), a piece that aspires to sum up the entirety of ...

There’s no shortage of coffee shops on the University of Minnesota campus, but none of them let customers drink coffee under an 8-foot-tall tent — yet. That’s just one of the ways Dinkytown’s newest ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have ...

Lapland is a place of wonder for children. But sleighs and huskies have never been part of the Indigenous Sámi culture.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One of the world’s biggest and most prestigious law firms has joined forces with a group of Sámi reindeer herders to lodge a complaint at the United Nations against the Finnish government.

The Sámi, the Indigenous people of northern Europe, have a complicated relationship with tourism. Growing numbers of visitors to their homeland, Sápmi (which stretches across Norway, Sweden, Finland, ...

Cultures define ways people introduce themselves. Some cultures, like the Navajo, introduce themselves by naming their families. For an indigenous group in northern Europe, they use a form of song.