Sami Herder, Scandinavia

Photograph by Erika Larsen

Johan Kuhmunen, with his dog Cammu, lives in Sweden , but the summertime range for his family's herd crosses into Norway . The Sami tradition of learning from the elders is an important part of reindeer herding, and knowledge is passed down from generation to generation and not learned in books.

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