About Pietsjaure
Pietsjaure is an old Sami settlement.
Here dwelt on the Sami reindeer herding in the spring partly because they wanted
to keep the tame steers and partly because they wanted to keep the herd from
walking
up to early to Padjelanta.
Sami built a stone wall under the mountain Rasek. The move occurred only with klövjerenar (reindeer rides). Each family had about 17 reindeers. The property consisted of tents that they had to move on up to Padjelanta. Calf marking took place before the move to Padjelanta. Later, residents built huts known as turf huts. In the fall reindeer cows were milked when the calves had begun to feed themselves on the grass that was available.
Reindeer milk was supplement in the food and the Sami made cheese out oft it. They took what to be found in nature's larder, as angelica, mountain acid, cranberry, blueberry, crowberry, cloudberry, and thus they received the vitamins. Storage basins for the meal was under rock cliffs. They left behind a little flour, sugar, salt, etc. to have something in late summer when they came back to the site.
Around 1946 they stopped moving with the reindeer rides. Times change. Reindeer herding is now motorized except calf label that works on old-fashioned way. Pietsjaure has a perfect calf marking paddock used certain times during the summer.
Sami village members will then arrive by air or on foot to mark their calves. The label is usually on the night, because during the day it is difficult to gather the herd when it is too hot.
Every summer, it is calf marking in Padjelanta, where the Sami have a stationary labeling calf paddock. Sami village members put up huts and tents, and depending on how much reindeers there are in the area they live there for a few days. This is the highlight of the summer, the reindeer owners all want to know how many calves that has born in the spring. There is also an opportunity where you can meet and socialize with friends and relatives.
