Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
Arctic indigenous peoples include the Saami in areas of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Northwest Russia, Nenets, Khanty, Evenk and Chukchi in Russia, Aleut, Yupik and Inuit (Iñupiat) in Alaska, Inuit (Inuvialuit) in Canada and Inuit (Kalaallit) in Greenland (Artic Centre Lapland).
The Saami people are a rich culture group known for reindeer herding in Scandinavia. (Intro to Sami People 1996)
Photo Credit: national geographic travel portraits
Location: Jokkmokk, Swedish Lapland
In the Russian Federation there are 40 indigenous peoples of North Siberia and the Far East, with a total population of about 244,000. This includes the Aleutians, Dolgan, Koryak, Mansi, Nanai, Nenets, Saami, Selkup, Khanty, Chukchi, Evenks, Inuits and others. The North is also inhabited by indigenous peoples that are not small-numbered - the Komi and Yakuts, with a population of more than 400,000.
(Arctic Info Encyclopedia 2014)
The US state of Alaska is home to about 88,000 indigenous inhabitants - the Indians (Athabasca, Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian), Inuits and Aleuts, which makes up 16% of the total population of Alaska. In Sweden, the number of indigenous people of the North - Sami - is 17,000 (0.2% of the total population of the country).