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‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden

Photo: The Guardian World

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Show at Kin Museum in Kiruna marks handover of long-awaited report on abuses committed by the state against the Indigenous people From a detailed multi-perspectival drawing of reindeer to written accounts of belief systems and childbirth, Johan Turi’s work offers unparalleled insight into his life as a Sami person living in northern Sweden at the start of the 20th century. In the face of racist discrimination, land…

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