Talk:Shamanism in Siberia

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[edit] Sami people

Sami people are not in Siberia or from Siberia. They have developed in Scandinavia for thousands of years and are genetically far from any original Siberians. Sami people should not be mentioned in this article just because they are shamanistic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.65.112.51 (talk) 23:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank You very much for the feedback. I suppose You may be right, I have read somewhere that Sami people had underwent a language shift, thus, I can imagine now that they do not have their origin in the supposed Proto-Uralic area. I shall read some details and search for references, and rewrite the Sami section accordingly in a few days.

If non-Siberian origin of Sami turns to be true, then I propose

to open a new section "language shift" in the article (alongside with or inside in the existing Unsettled classifications or complex problematics of origin section),
to move the information about Sami people there.

I shall do that if no concerns will be raised, and if references turn out to support it.

Physis (talk) 14:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Now I have done as described above, so that it can bee discussed at. Physis (talk) 20:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)