Sámi people
Let an agent describe the Sami people in their own terms, explain languages, livelihoods and institutions, present history and rights issues with attribution to Sami organisations and states, and support respectful cultural and travel questions.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand Who the Sami are.
Identity
Identity and homeland.
Identity
Identity.
- Who are the Sami, where is Sapmi, and how do the Sami describe themselves and their groups? provenance
- Is the presentation using self-designations and respectful? boundary
Languages
Languages.
Languages
Languages.
- What Sami languages exist, what is their status, and how are they revitalised? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific Sami language? action
Culture Livelihoods and culture.
Livelihoods
Livelihoods.
Livelihoods
Livelihoods.
- How do reindeer herding, fishing, duodji handicraft and modern occupations feature in Sami life today? provenance
- Which entry fits reindeer husbandry? action
Arts
Arts and traditions.
Arts
Arts.
- What are joik, duodji and other Sami arts and traditions, as described by Sami practitioners? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Rights Rights and institutions.
Institutions
Sami parliaments.
Institutions
Institutions.
- What are the Sami parliaments and other institutions, and what powers do they have in each state? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific institution? action
Disputes
Rights disputes.
Disputes
Disputes.
- What land, resource and cultural rights issues are contested, with positions of Sami organisations and states attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Learn History and visiting.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have the Sami experienced colonisation, assimilation policies and recent recognition, according to Sami and academic historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Visit
Respectful visiting.
Visit
Visiting.
- How can visitors engage respectfully with Sami culture and Sami-run tourism? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Fjell Sámi, Lapp, city Saami, Sockenlapp, Ter Sami people, Kildin Saami, Northern Sámi people, Sami in Finland, Russian Sámi people, Forest Sami, Kola Sámi
What it is Filled
An Indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Sapmi, the region spanning northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, with distinct groups such as the Kildin and Ter Sami and historical categories such as mountain, forest, sea and city Sami, speaking several Sami languages, with traditional livelihoods including reindeer herding, fishing and handicraft, and with Sami parliaments and rights recognised to varying degrees by the four states; the Sami name themselves and reject the older exonym Lapp.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the Sami people in their own terms, explain languages, livelihoods and institutions, present history and rights issues with attribution to Sami organisations and states, and support respectful cultural and travel questions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Indigenous status
- Sapmi homeland
- Multiple languages
- Sami parliaments
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Stereotype the Sami as only reindeer herders or as a people of the past.
- Present land and rights disputes without attribution to each side.
- Use Sami dress, symbols or sacred items commercially without consent.
- Infer a person's Sami identity from their name or location.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing material about Sami heritage or sacred sites.
- Representing Sami communities in any consultation.
May
- Describe the Sami people, languages and culture with sources, including Sami sources.
- Use the name Sami rather than the exonym Lapp.
- Point to Sami parliaments and organisations for their own positions.
Moral aspects Filled
- The Sami have suffered forced assimilation and land loss; respect and self-determination matter.
- Cultural appropriation of Sami dress and symbols harms the community.
Who is affected
- Sami people and communities
- Reindeer herding families
- Sami language speakers
Owners Filled
Steward
The Sami themselves, represented by their own parliaments and organisations.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1464982 - registry parent class
- Q952057 - registry parent class
related
- Finno-Ugric peoples - category
- ethnic groups in Europe - category
- Indigenous peoples - the broader category
- aurora - a feature of the Sapmi sky
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.s-mi-people
- Wikidata: Q48199 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48199)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Indigenous people of northern Fennoscandia and Kola
- Sami languages and institutions
- Finns and Norwegians are the majority peoples; Lapp is a rejected exonym
- Not physical; a people.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the people in their own terms
- explain languages and livelihoods
- present history and rights
- support respectful questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Using the exonym Lapp
- Stereotyping Sami as only reindeer herders
- Presenting rights disputes without attribution
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Sami parliament acts in Norway, Sweden and Finland
- International Indigenous rights instruments
- Reindeer husbandry law
Context of use required Filled
- Indigenous people of Sapmi.
- Sami groups by language such as North, Lule, South, Inari, Skolt, Kildin and Ter
- historical livelihood categories
- Sami in each of the four states
- urban Sami
- Sami institutions
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q48199: Sámi people - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Sámi people - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each language group be a separate entry?
- How should Sami institutions be linked?
- How should rights cases be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q48199/spec.json