Community

Local Sámi community is very flexible and broad definition. It varies depending on time, place, case and context. Mainly, it refers to those Sámi communities, families or siida concerned whom the touristic productisation and/or representation of Sámi culture has or may have an impact on. Hence, depending on case Sámi community may mean Sámi language community, Sámi association, reindeer herding district, reindeer herding unit, village association, fishing community, etc.

See also

responsibility, custodians of culture, customary law, traditional livelihoods, living cultural landscape, wilderness, untouched wilderness