Photos of Sápmi's National Day

This Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Sami activist and feminist Elsa Laula Renberg united Scandinavia's indigenous Sami people to take control of their land, Sápmi. Every year on the 6th of February, following the annual Winter Market in Jokkmokk, the Sami celebrate their national day in various villages and cities in the far north of Scandinavia.

This year, photographer Isabella Moore travelled to the Arctic Circle and Jokkmokk, Sweden, to hang out with Anna Kuhmunen, who hosted the Sami celebrations at Àjtte Museum. Kuhmunen works as a children's TV-show host and owns reindeer. "It's a big day for Sápmi," Kuhmunen said. "[Other] people still to this day come here to try to take our land and water. If we weren't united, it'd be really hard to stand up for our rights."

In Jokkmokk, Sápmi's National Day was celebrated with cake, traditional songs and speeches centred around Laula Renberg's achievement. "She must have been such a strong woman to be able to unite a geographically divided people 100 years ago," Kuhmunen said. "These days, because of Elsa's initiative, we work together. That's why this day is so important to us. Hurray for our day!"