Traditional sami occupations are hunting, fishing, farming, and reindeer herding, though only a minority of today's sami make a living from these activities alone, and virtually none live in a natural economy รขโ‚ฌยฆ The sami people are the indigenous inhabitants of sรกpmi, a cultural region spanning northern parts of norway, sweden, finland, and russia's kola peninsula. Origins and homeland sรกpmi lies mostly รขโ‚ฌยฆ

Norway, sweden, finland, and russia. The total population in these four countries is estimated at approx. 80,000, of whom around half live in norway.