The Sápmi People/The Sápmi music/This is my land

The Sapmi People

The Sapmi Music






























This is my Land sing Sofia Jannok....

Sofia Jannok

This is my Sapmi Land, which the other

try to take me away...
This is my Sapmi Land,which have learn me to respect
mother Earth and Nature, thouse Montains,thouse River,thouse Trees,
thouse, Reindeers,thouse Languages,
thouse who want to live in Peace...

But look what you get back...

They coming and take away your Nature, your Land,
your Languages...

But You still here...
That is the question about Sapmi...
You are till here!

 

 Nils Aslak Valkeapää 

(23.03.1943-26.11.2001)

  

                                                                                                                                                          

In The European Union area live solitary The  Indigenous People

The Sapmi People in he four country´s:

Norway  ( about 40 000- 60 000 ), Sweden ( about 17 000), Finland ( about 10 000) and Russian ( about 2000 ).The Sapmi People is about  60 000  and the bulk of The Sapmi People living in Norway.

Nowadays over half live outside  from  The Sapmi  Land, instance in metropolitan area like Oslo, Helsinki,Stockholm and in Russian Kola Peninsula.The Sami popular culture music have arise up side of the traditional music Yoik.

 In The Sami culture you find a large and comprehensive assortment of movies, books and visual arts, as well  music from rap to rock and certainly Yoik.

Nils Aslak Valkeapää ( born 23. March 1943 Enontekiö Finland / died 26. November2001 Espoo Finland ) was a large infuential person with stimulator inom visual art, literature , poetry and especially Yoik.