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LIFE BY THE RIVER:
Housing
 The
Lapps
Observations on nature
Agriculture
Food
Religious life
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The Lapps
The Tornionlaakso Valley was inhabited by the settlers at the time
the French arrived there so they meet only a few Lapps (Sami) such as
the girls herding reindeer on the Aavasaksa fell and some Lapps journeying
on the ice of the river Tornionjoki.
In his journals de Maupertuis records uninhibitedly his observations
and views. The picture drawn by him is far from favourable. The descriptions
do, however, supply the reader with information on the Lapps' conditions
of life, their perseverance and their exquisite skill in handling reindeer.
The reindeer gave the Lapps all that was necessary for life: food, clothing,
a means of transport and trading. Every part of the reindeer was made
good use of. Just like the farmer and his horse so do the Lapp and his
reindeer get on with very little.
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The Tornionlaakso Yearbook 1977:
We came across with Lapp caravans
(ss. 155-157)
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