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The Baranov Museum recently opened an exhibit featuring the culture and history of Sami reindeer herders in Alaska. On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with Lois Stover, Esther Larson, and Cherie Biddle about the Sami people. Joining is Pearl Johnson, a board member of the Sami Cultural Center of North America.

Reindeer on highway in Alaska. (Photo by JLS Photography / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum recently opened an exhibit that features the history and culture of Sami reindeer herders in Alaska. Collections Manager Michael Bach says Sami people are native to the northern regions of of Scandinavia, Finland, and Russia. He says in the late 1800s, the Department of …