Sami people

A new exhibition in Sweden is drawing attention to the lives of the Sami, the Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, and the discrimination and rights issues they still face. Curators and participants say the community is fighting many of the same battles over land, reindeer herding and cultural recognition that it faced a century ago, prompting renewed debate about Sweden's treatment of its Indigenous minority.

An exhibition of Johan Turi's work has opened at the Kin Museum in Kiruna, Sweden, highlighting the lives of Sami people. It features a detailed multi-perspectival drawing of reindeer and written accounts of Sami belief systems and childbirth. Commentators note that the struggles depicted in Turi's century-old work mirror challenges the Sami still face today.