Siida

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In Sweden, membership in a {{lang|se|siida}} follows "pastoralist rights" based on statute of limitations, and is limited to individuals of Sámi descent. These rights also include hunting and fishing for profit. There are thirty-three mountain {{lang|se|siida}}s, ten forest {{lang|se|siida}}s and eight concession {{lang|se|siida}}s, divided by historical extent, summer and winter pasture usage, etc. Membership is required to practice pastoralist rights. This is required for reindeer ownership as well, except in concession {{lang|se|siida}}s, where even non-members can own "serve reindeers", served by {{lang|se|siida}} members who receiving concession to pasture lands in payment. This custom originates in older conventions when reindeer were used by settled local populations in daily life. The economic activity in present-day {{lang|se|siida}}s is limited to profit from pastoralist rights. In addition to the geographical and economic nature of the {{lang|se|siida}}, it also ties the members together culturally and socially.

Based on historic Swedification policies that distinguished between settled and nomadic Sámi, membership in Swedish {{lang|se|siida}}s is essentially limited to those whose ancestors were nomads before 1886, barring the majority of Swedish Sámi from membership in a {{lang|se|siida}}.

Mountain Sámi villages: Könkämä, Lainiovuoma, Saarivuoma, Talma, Gabna, Leavas, Girjas, Báste, Unna Tjerusj, Sirges, Jåkkåkaskatjiellde, Tuorpon, Luokta Mavas, Semisjaur-Njarg, Svaipa, Grans, Rans, Ubmeje tjeälddie, Vapstens, Vilhelmina norra, Vilhelmina södra, Frostvikens norra, Ohredahke, Raedtievaerie, Jiingevaerie, Jovnevaerie, Njaarke, Kall, Handölsdalens, Tåssåsens, Mittådalens, Ruvhten Sijte, and Idre

Forest Sámi villages: Vittangi, Gällivare, Serri, Udtja, Ståkke, Maskaur, Västra Kikkejaur, Östra Kikkejaur, Mausjaur, and Malå

Concession Sámi villages: Muonio, Sattajärvi, Tärendö, Korju, Pirttijärvi, Ängeså, Kalix, and Liehittäjä

In Norway, pastoralist activity requires membership in a unit ({{lang|no|driftsenhet}}), corresponding to a reindeer herd. The rights to conduct pastoralism are based on statute of limitations and limited to individuals of Sámi descent.

The 2007 Reindeer Husbandry Act revised the official reindeer district system to acknowledge and incorporate traditional {{lang|se|siida}} units, improving recognition of Sámi land rights and centering reindeer grazing activities on ecologically and economically sustainable resource use based on local culture and tradition.{{cite web|title=Reindeer Husbandry in Norway - Districts, Siida and Siida Units|publisher=International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry|url=https://icr.arcticportal.org/norway?start=3|access-date=17 May 2021}}{{cite act |date=2007 |legislature=Stortinget |title=Lov om reindrift (reindriftsloven) |trans-title=Reindeer Husbandry Act (LOV-2007-06-15-40) |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTI/lov/2007-06-15-40 |language=no}} Prior to the act, Norwegian authorities maintained their own definitions of reindeer herding districts, leading to piecemeal development and sales of land, disconnecting traditional pasture areas.{{cite journal|last1=Tyler|first1=Nicholas J.C.|last2=Hanssen-Bauer|first2=Inger|last3=Førland|first3=Eirik J.|last4=Nellemann|first4=Christian|title=The Shrinking Resource Base of Pastoralism: Saami Reindeer Husbandry in a Climate of Change|journal=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems|volume=4|year=2021|issn=2571-581X|doi=10.3389/fsufs.2020.585685|doi-access=free|hdl=10037/20640|hdl-access=free}}

In Finland and Russia, pastoralist activity is not limited to ethnic Sámi. In Finland, reindeer herding is also practiced by non-Sámi Finns. There are 56 {{Lang|fi|paliskunta}}s, of which 13 in the extreme north of Lapland constitute the Sámi area. However, reindeer herding has a more prominent economic role in the local communities of the north. {{lang|se|Siida}}s are governed like stock companies, where the reindeer-holders elect a board of directors and a chief executive officer ({{lang|fi|poroisäntä}}, 'reindeer master') every three years, voting with as many votes as they have reindeer.[http://www.inarinpaliskunnat.org/organisaatio.html INARIN PALISKUNNAT – Poronhoidon organisaatio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927161508/http://www.inarinpaliskunnat.org/organisaatio.html |date=2007-09-27 }}

In Russia, Arctic peoples were forcibly relocated to kolchozes (collective communities) by the state between 1927 and 1940, including the Sámi of the Kola Peninsula.{{cite book|title=South Kola: A travel guide to the southern part of Murmansk oblast|last=Konttinen|first=Jussi|date=2008|publisher=Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences|location=Oulu, Finland|page=128|isbn=978-952-5153-76-7|url=http://www.ramk.fi/loader.aspx?id=103ca0d4-42a9-4017-b26a-e56c860a3826|accessdate=9 March 2021}} The Sámi were moved to kolchozes in the pogosts of Kamensky, Iokangsky, Kildinsky, Lovozersky, and Voronensk,{{Cite news|title=Reprisals against the Kola Sami |last=Mihailova|first=E.R. |publisher=Cultural almanac ASTES number 5 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-202252650.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501035825/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-202252650.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-01}} and eventually two raion (administrative district) in Murmansk Oblast were designated as Sámi districts, Lovozersky District and Saamsky District.

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