Robert HardingToday is Sami National Day, a day of celebration and recognition of the Sami people, an indigenous community who live across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. They are protected by international conventions of indigenous peoples, and their main sources of livelihood include herding reindeer and fishing.
Portrait of Sami girls and woman in traditional costume for a meeting of indigenous tribes Karesuando, Sweden (Robert Harding Productions)
A church of the Sami People, Duoddar north of Alta, Finnmark, Norway (LOOK/Robert Harding)
Sami people in Boazo Sami Siida, Alta, Finnmark, Norway (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Sami reindeer herdsman inside the Arctic Circle (Dan Burton/Robert Harding)
Sami man in Kautokeino costume, Finnmark, Norway (Robert Harding Productions)
Sami man feeding reindeers, Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
Sami reindeer herder inside his lavvu tent, Kiruna, Sweden
Sami girl in the north of Finland
Earth covered lodge of a Sami family in Hammerfest, Norway
See more photos of the Sami people here