Sámi people
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The Sámi are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi. Formerly known as Lapland, Sápmi encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and of
Sámi outside a lavvu, c. 1910
A Sámi man depicted in art, painting by François-Auguste Biard
Aleksander Lauréus's painting of the Sámi by the fire
A Sámi family in Norway around 1900
Joni Mitchell
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Roberta Joan Mitchell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell becam
Sámi people
…Gustav Kappfjell (1913–1999), Sámi joiker and artist. Also noted for being part of the resistance movement during WW2. Joni Mitchell (born 1943), musician and painter. Mikkâl Morottaja (born 1984), rap musician…
Mitchell in 2021
A plaque along the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon commemorates her upbringing in the city and the waterway's inspiration for her 1971 song "River".
A plaque (on sidewalk, right) in Saskatoon commemorates the spot on Broadway Avenue where she made her first professional performance in 1962 at the Louis Riel coffeehouse.
Laurel Canyon, 8217 Lookout Mountain Avenue, Joni Mitchell's house from 1969 to 1974; photograph taken in 2022