S3E23 Pt 1: Reindeer People: Sami Snowlioness & Singer, Sofia Jannok of Sapmi

If you are a descendant of Scandinavian or Russian heritage, kindly consider this episode a must share with all your relatives.

Because, above the Arctic Rim along the tree line, in what many conceive on maps as Scandinavia and northwestern Russia, lives a people who are still coexisting with reindeer herds. 

The Sami follow where the herd leads, not recognizing the partitions of nations and claims of corporates. Both letting go and living in one of the most harsh climates on planet Earth, the Reindeer and Sami realize harmony as more than human and human relatives.

“Here borders are to be crossed. Here opposites come together, equally worthy of existing.
Here the eye realizes the perspectives.
Here the yearning finds peace, with one foot on either side. Here the storm gets its power.

I am this storm, born and raised on the tree line. The emotions, reflections and debates I come across are found on, about and because of the tree line.

I am the snow grouse hard to trace, spreading my wings over the border with no effort at all. The hunter shoots me down again and again – still I am here. We all are.

For the unbreakable sinews of kin, I continue to sing.
For my future sisters, I raise my voice to the misters.
Kings and queens. Cities and trees. Mountains and seas. All that is in between.”

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sofia-jannok/215832484

https://open.spotify.com/artist/61GJGvVkImL0wkfUQ5XuR8?si=enHmH_BqQvCtvZ3fWpbFuA