Members of the Vapsten Sami Reindeer Herding Community

Sami territorial lands

The Sami reindeer herding community in Vapsten are a large specific reindeer herding group.

The Sami people are the Indigenous people of the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and large parts of the Kola Peninsula and live in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. The Sami people have a population of about 50,000-100,000. The Sami are descendants of normadic peoples who inhabited northern Scandinavia for thousands of years. Reindeer herding embodies a central tenant of their cultural identity and traditional livelihood.

The named petitioners to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) are members of the Vapsten Sami Reindeer Herding Community and are:

• Lars-Anders Ågren;
• Ellen Marie Anne Anti;
• Henrik Omma,
  Ole-Henrik Omma;
• Elle Merete Omma;
• Jon Mikael Labba;
• Inger-Ann Omma, Marja-Kari
  Omma;
• Inger Baer-Omma;
• Lars-Jonas Omma;
• Liecelotte Omma;
• Morgan Omma;
• Lisa
  Omma;
• Per-Henning Utsi; and
• Gun-Margret Utsi.

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