'The same struggles as 100 years ago': exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden
Show at Kin Museum in Kiruna marks handover of long-awaited report on abuses committed by the state against the Indigenous people
TL;DR
- An exhibition at the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art in Kiruna features the work of Johan Turi, a Sami author from the early 20th century.
- Turi's 1910 book, 'An Account of the Sami,' aimed to counter racist discrimination and set the record straight about Sami life.
- The exhibition coincides with the handover of a Truth Commission report on abuses committed by the Swedish state against the Sami people.
- Turi's work is displayed alongside contemporary artists Outi Pieski and Johanna Minde, addressing ongoing issues affecting the Sami.
- Contemporary challenges for the Sami include industrial threats to reindeer herding, rising anti-Sami rhetoric, and the escalating impact of the climate crisis.