Bures boahtin, welcome! Mun namma lea Julie Lindberg Halme Whitehorn. I am a third-generation immigrant living in Seattle on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish. This blog is an effort to reconnect to my ancestors and to bear witness, however haphazard and incomplete, to their lives and these times.
Seattle Sámi 
Please join the Facebook group Sámi Genealogy where folks can help you find your relatives!
Bless you! I am 70 now, born in Seattle and given up at birth. I recently learned through DNA testing that I am 1/2 Sami along with Basque. The other half is English and Irish. After doing an investigation through Washington Adoptee Rights Movement, I learned I have an older sister, Victoria and an older brother Daniel. My foster name was Patricia Blackburn. I’m just putting this info out there in hopes that one of your readers might have any related data. Thank you for doing this website and all the work that’s involved. Kelly
Would love to know more! Feel free to email me at seattlehorn@gmail.com or text 206-227-2030
Hi Julie,
I am a Finnish/ American Sami, a Teaching Artist, social humanitarian /activist and a founding member of Paperworks- The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Bookarts in Tucson, Arizona. I am thinking about submitting a proposal to The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art for an artist’s book Brava Award. In my research, I have seen your name repeatedly so I am interested in collaborating (if possible) on a community Bookarts project. Nathan Muus and Marlene Wirsuri, along with Kiersten Chace are familiar with my work. I am hoping we can communicate further. Thank you for your response.