Reindeer Heart

Reindeer Heart

Again my culture professor brought us another snack. This time she brought dried reindeer heart, a common meal for the Saami. When they would travel across the mountains for weeks, they brought dried reindeer heart because it was high in nutrients and energy and was very light to carry. The reindeer heart tasted like dried deer jerky which makes sense because reindeer is a deer. It was definitely better than the seal I had last week. I wonder what exotic meat I will try next week.

While eating our reindeer heart, we sat in the modern Saami house on campus. The house was built in 2005 by the Center of Saami Studies at the University. The house includes the traditional aspects of a Saami hut like the central fire place in the picture. Additionally, carvings from each Saami region were on the woodwork throughout the building and each door was one of the colors on the Saami flag. This house was beautiful and it was an honor to be able to see it.



The modern Saami house on campus