The rein deer were very negatively effected by Chernobyl
as the moss they eat was polluted by the radioactive
plume. This caused the meat to be badly contaminated.
Such a blow to a culture that depends so heavily on it.

BAIKI blickie here
on the first page of the magazine web site there is a
link to Kautokeino Rebellion with music by the artist
I mentioned in my first post, Mari Boine

This Fellow,
Vimme
has taken joik to a new level.Northside Records Wimme link

the ad below is for Joik ringtones...would the Sami really want this?!