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In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Sami children, Karen Seline Eira and Inga Helene Anti Persen feed the reindeer at the reindeer kindergarten in Karasjok, Norway. The indigenous people of Europe's Arctic region are celebrating the centenary of their national day this week with some 120 events planned in Norway. Monday’s start to weeklong festivities marks the centenary of the Sami people’s first congress in Trondheim, Norway, in 1917. Seventy-five years later, the Sami declared Feb. 6 their national day.(Heiko Junge /NTB Scanpix via AP)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, Sami children, Karen Seline Eira and Inga Helene Anti Persen feed the reindeer at the reindeer kindergarten in Karasjok, Norway. The indigenous people of Europe's Arctic region are celebrating the centenary of their national day this week with some 120 events planned in Norway. Monday’s start to weeklong festivities marks the centenary of the Sami people’s first congress in Trondheim, Norway, in 1917. Seventy-five years later, the Sami declared Feb. 6 their national day.(Heiko Junge /NTB Scanpix via AP)

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