The November meeting of Vennelag 1-546, Sons of Norway, will be at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Lindstrom Community Center, 13330 Sylvan Ave.
The officers will meet at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting will start at 7 p.m. After the short business meeting, the group will learn about the Sami people and their culture.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The Sami live mostly across the northern parts of the Scandinavian countries, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Christopher Pesko, who is of Sami ancestry, will explain the Sami culture. His Sami family came from the area of the Lofoten and Versterdalen area of Nordland, and southern Tromso counties in Norway. Mr. Pesko’s family, Norwegian-Sami and Polish-Jews came to the US during the 1930’s and he grew up in a Norwegian and Polish speaking household.
Mr. Pesko is a retired teacher from the St. Paul Public School system and continues to substitute teach. He has demonstrated and educated
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