In most textbooks, history typically only moves forward, from past to present. But in Britta Marakatt-Labba's 75-foot-long embroidery Historjá (2003–07), a piece that aspires to sum up the entirety of ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have ...

Acts such as Article 3 are drawing inspiration from their culture and meeting a big appetite for Indigenous-focused club nights ...

The filmmaker recounts the journey of her debut feature, an unprecedented fictional cinematic immersion at the heart of Sami culture ...

Interest in Indigenous culture has grown in recent decades, compensating for the centuries when the Sámi’s language and culture were actively repressed by the Swedish government, and Maja learnt many ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There’s no shortage of coffee shops on the University of Minnesota campus, but none of them let customers drink coffee under an 8-foot-tall tent — yet. That’s just one of the ways Dinkytown’s newest ...

A church in Kiruna, Sweden, designed by architect Gustaf Wickman to resemble a Sami hut. Apolline Guillerot-Malick/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the ...

Reindeer crowd around Raisa Kitti as soon as she enters the paddock, sticking their big, velvety noses into the sled full of food she’s towing. They trot behind her as she scatters the pellets in a ...

It was well past midnight when Mihkku Laiti took to the stage at an open-air music festival in Utsjoki, a Finnish village nestled north of the Arctic Circle. Despite the hour, Lapland’s famous ...