Suonikylä

Suonikylä, or Suonjel, was a winter village of the Skolt Sámi. Families belonged to a siida, a community of closely related households, and gathered in winter around a prayer room. At other seasons they moved between places near lakes according to where fishing was best. Fishing, hunting and reindeer husbandry provided food and livelihoods, while the Orthodox faith became an important part of Skolt Sámi life.