Saami Home, Titovka, Russia, from Arctic Communities

Saami Home, Titovka, Russia, from Arctic Communities, 2014, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. This shows a contemporary version of a traditional Saami home. The Saami peoples, formerly known as Lapps, have traditionally inhabited the far northern regions of Sweden, Finland, and Norway, and the extreme northwest corner of Russia. This image was taken between Sputnik, Russia, a military town, and Murmansk, the largest town in the Arctic, with a population of about 330,000. Titovka, where the home is, is a very small hamlet along the side of the northernmost highway in the world, running about 100 miles between Kirkenes, Norway and Murmansk, Russia. Saami parliaments have been set up in the last 30 years in Sweden, Norway, and Finland to represent their interests in these nations. Russia has a non-governmental organization that advocates for its indigenous peoples.

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