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The traveling exhibition is a 50th anniversary exhibition for The Sámi Collections, established in 1972. This summer, you can see it at Smelthytta at the Røros Museum.

Ruoktot is Northern Sámi for “to return home.”
Three-dimensional images of five Sámi drums form the heart of the exhibition. One of these drums has already been returned to Sápmi. Four others are still waiting to come home, to be with their people.

The exhibition is based on an anniversary exhibition that opened in April 2022 at RiddoDuottarMuseat (RDM) – Sámiid Vuorká-Dávvirat (SVD) in Kárášjohka (Karasjok). It focuses on the repatriation of Sámi drums and marks the transfer of ownership of Anders Poulsen’s gievrie (drum), which had been at the museum since 1979, to RDM-SVD in January 2022. The drum was officially returned from the National Museum in Copenhagen to RDM-SVD – joyful news for everyone who had worked for decades to bring the drum back into Sámi ownership.

See the exhibition at Smelthytta from June 16 to September 21.