How Techonology is Affecting the Sami

Over several decades “the Samis have had a pragmatic view of new technology.” Some of the members of the Sami tribe use telephones, mail services, and fax. Over the last few decades reindeer herders have been using “snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and cell phones” as tools to help their herding. Computers are mostly used for bookkeeping so most natives don’t have computers in their homes. Technology is used in education for websites and e-mail in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Overall, technology is not affecting the Sami in a bad way. It is being used to their advantage in some aspects of their lives, but is not forcing them to change the way they live everyday life. Technology is not harming their existence, it is only helping them live more productive lives.

Source: http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/use-internet-communication-among-sami-people

This is an image of people in the Sami tribe in Sweden.

Source: http://boreale.konto.itv.se/samieng.htm