A siida is an organisation of humans traditionally present in Sámi societies consisting of several families of reindeer herders whose reindeer graze together.[1]: 107–109 [2] Siidas traditionally encompassed more resources than reindeer,[1]: 108 but after changes in Sámi societies over the course of the 1600s, only reindeer herders still practiced this system.[3]: 68 It is termed a sameby ('Sámi village') in Swedish law, reinbeitedistrikt ('reindeer pasture district') in Norwegian law, and paliskunta ('reindeer herding district') in Finnish law. The pastoralist organisation differs slightly between countries, except in Russia, where kolkhoz replaced these earlier organisations.
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- ^ Aarseth, Bjørn (1981). "Arbeidet med de minste enhetene i de indre samiske områder" [The work with the smallest units in the inner Sámi areas]. In Fladby, Rolf (ed.). Gard, sii'da og andre småsamfunn i nordnorske bygder: De minste enhetenes historie i lokalhistorien [Farm, Siida and Other Small Communities in Northern Norwegian Villages: The History of the Smalles Units in Local History]. Universitetsforlaget. pp. 65–88. ISBN 82-00-05674-0 – via National Library of Norway.