Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sami

 also Saami  noun  (plural ~ or ~s; also Saami or Saamis)  Etymology: of ~ origin; akin to North ~ sapmi, genitive sami the ~ homeland, language, or way of life  Date: 1842  1. a member of a people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia who are traditionally fishermen, nomadic herders of caribou, and hunters of sea mammals  2. any or all of the closely related Finno-Ugric languages of the ~ people