Dear Swedish ‘friend’ on Facebook (who said you had to accept friend requests from former class mates, I need to hit them with a snow shovel. In the face)
What on earth makes you think I would know anything worth knowing about reindeer herding, the only one who ever worked as a reindeer herder in my family that I know of is my mother’s biological father, whom I have no contact with whatsoever.
I could tell you how to say reindeer in South Saami, that’s about it.
Fishing, aye. Hunting, well, aye, to a certain degree. What things to pick and not pick in a forest, sure.
But I know fuck all about working within the båatsoeburrie industry.
I hate to break it to you, but less than 5% or so of all Saami own reindeer, so asking me to ‘tell you, in detail, how you do when you herd reindeers’, is just annoying.
We are not all the same and besides, reindeer herding traditions differ between different areas of Saebmie anyway - Vapsten - and I am not your local representative for everything Saami. Phone the Saemiedigkie if you really want to know.
Now leave me alone.
