The Sami or Saami (Lapp) people have inhabited the northern portions of Scandinavia, Finland and east of the Russian Kola Peninsula since ancient times. Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden claim territory in what is now considered Sapmi (Lapland). The term Sami is now considered offensive as it is thought to mean a patch for repairing fabrics, and the preferred name is now Sami or Saami. In Lapland now called Sápmi, the Saami tended herds of domesticated reindeer, collected marine resources along the coast, fished in rivers and lakes, and hunted wild reindeer and small game. Although some Saami living along the coast were relatively sedentary, inland communities tended to move each year from semi-permanent winter villages to spring, summer, and autumn camps. Today, approximately 10% of the Saami are associated with reindeer herding and 2,800 are actively employed in reindeer herding full time. The Saami are thought to have followed the glaciers northwards as they retreated at the end of the last Ice Age with the first written accounts of their existence documented by the Romans in 98 AD The Romans described them as inadequate and lacking weapons, houses and horses. Numerous archaeological sites in northern Norway date back over 10,000 years and are believed to demonstrate evidence of continued inhabitation of the Sapmi lands since that time. It is not known whether the Saami have occupied these lands since the last glacial period but they are believed to be the descendants of the original post-glacial inhabitants. Like all indigenous peoples of most of the north of this period, the Sami survived by hunting and gathering. Because of this long history in the Arctic, they have created complex social and cultural schools......Sámi government schools or regular nine-year municipal schools where they can also receive education in Sámi. However, although decades of progress have been made in rights and attitudes towards the Sáami, today's youth still feel the pressure to assimilate and face the torment of others. It has recently been observed that in the case of Alaska Native youth, Sami youth have been committing suicide at alarming rates. Regarding this trend, the head of the Sáami youth council, Paulus Kuoljok, said: “We Sámi often face stereotypes and have to defend ourselves all the time,” he added, “There are few employees in my workplace. Sáami origin. I often hear phrases as 'damn Lapps' and that we Sámi have such good things because we can fish and hunt wherever we want and we always get welfare payments” just like white people give to natives in America.