Reindeer in Lapland have a number of important jobs this time of year – including helping the climate. By gobbling up shrubs, they help increase the reflectivity of snow and ice.
From her home in Finland’s far north, Ristenrauna Magga recalls the day in 1968 when she and her family were stripped naked while researchers took measurements and blood tests. “Sami people were used to doing what we were told, no-one questioned the research,” Magga says, of Finland’s “racial biology” programme into the Sami minority which continued into the 1970s.
From her home in Finland's far north, Ristenrauna Magga recalls the day in 1968 when she and her family were stripped naked while researchers took measurements and blood tests.
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From her home in Finland's far north, Ristenrauna Magga recalls the day in 1968 when she and her family were stripped naked while researchers took measurements and blood tests.