Kautokeino, Norwegian Lapland

Inge Ellen, a Saami woman, putting on a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots at her home near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Inge Ellen, a Saami woman, helps her daughter Sara Lea put on a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots at their home near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Inge Ellen, a Saami woman, watches as her daughter Sara Lea put on a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, hangs reindeer and moose meat above a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke it. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, builds a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke reindeer and moose meat. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, builds a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke reindeer and moose meat. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, hangs reindeer and moose meat above a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke it. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, hangs reindeer and moose meat above a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke it. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, and his wife Inge Ellen, relax by the fire in their lavo (tent). Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

An old decorated part of a traditional Saami reindeer harness made from wood. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

An old decorated part of a traditional Saami reindeer harness made from wood. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Issat Gaup, a young Saami boy, out on the tundra in the Spring. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, relaxing while out keeping watch over his reindeer at their winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, relaxing while out keeping watch over his reindeer at their winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

When pastures are in poor condition some Saami herders feed hay to their reindeer to supplement their diet of lichens in the winter time. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

A reindeer at its winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

When pastures are in poor condition some Saami herders feed hay to their reindeer to supplement their diet of lichens in the winter time. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

When pastures are in poor condition some Saami herders feed hay to their reindeer to supplement their diet of lichens in the winter time. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

When pastures are in poor condition some Saami herders feed hay to their reindeer to supplement their diet of lichens in the winter time. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

When pastures are in poor condition some Saami herders feed hay to their reindeer to supplement their diet of lichens in the winter time. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami Reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, and his son Issat out keeping watch over their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami Reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, and his son Issat out keeping watch over their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007