Kola Sámi Association

Kola Sámi Association (Kildin Sami: Куэлнэгк Соаме Э̄хтнэгк; Russian: Ассоциация Кольских саамов; Northern Sami: Guoládaga Sámi Searvi) is a public organization founded in 1989 to support Russian Sámi living in Murmansk Oblast and to promote their culture and languages.

[1] Its headquarters are in Murmansk, Russia.

[2] As of 2020[update], Elena Yakovleva Semenovna serves as the association’s president.

[2] The Kola Sámi Association is a member of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North[3] (RAIPON) and, together with the Association of Sámi in Murmansk Oblast, a member association of the Saami Council.

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