How Globalization effects their Existence.

-In Norway,  there is a policy to recognize Sami language, including teaching it in schools.And protection of the culture through museums.

-Sweden does not recognize the Sami as a separate people; but they do recognize them as an ethnic minority.

-Northern Sami of Sweden lack protection for their herding areas.  Which are increasingly threatened by mining and nuclear and hydropower plants.

-Under Finnish law the Sami have no rights to lands, water or traditional sources of livelihood. 

-Finland allows those without native ancestry to use reindeer.

-Finnish government has played an important role in publishing Sami textbooks and dictionaries as to preserve their culture. 

-Each of the three Nordic States have Sami "Parliaments".

Heininen, Lassi. Southcott, Chris. Globalization of the Circumpolar North: Changing forms of Goverance in the North. University of Alaska Press. 2010.