Editing Iriadamant (section)

== Establishment of the camp ==
[[File:Iriadamant camp in Kittilä in October 1992 (JOKAJUK3D A-6).tif|thumb|right|A member of the Iriadamant community presents structural drawings of gwam tents]]
[[File:Iriadamant camp in Kittilä in October 1992 (JOKAJUK3D A-3).tif|thumb|Gwam construction at the Iriadamant camp in Kittilä]]
The group came to Finland via Sweden after walking from Italy in 1991.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Herva |first1=Vesa-Pekka |last2=Seitsonen |first2=Oula |last3=Äikäs |first3=Tiina |last4=Ikäheimo |first4=Janne |last5=Okkonen |first5=Ilpo |date=2021 |title="Indians" in Lapland: The Iriadamant Community, Monocultural Ethos and the Materialities and Geographies of Marginality in Recent Past Finland |url=https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/view/21214 |journal=Journal of Contemporary Archaeology |language=en |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=207–227–207–227 |doi=10.1558/jca.21214 |s2cid=251302889 |issn=2051-3437|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They were invited to Finland by architect {{Ill|Ilpo Okkonen|fi}} and [[Erkki Pulliainen]], a professor of zoology at the University of Oulu and MP of the [[Green League]]. According to the agreement with Pulliainen, the group came to Finland to implement the interdisciplinary ESSOC project (“Ecological Sylvilisation and Survival with the Aid of Original Cultures”) in cooperation with the [[University of Helsinki]]. On this basis, they were granted a residence permit until the end of July 1992. It was reported that the group initially included about 140 people.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="EDUS">{{Cite web |date= |title=Mäkelä: Ns. iriadamant-intiaanien oleskelusta Suomessa / Sisäasiainministeri Mauri Pekkarisen vastaus |url=http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/show.asp?tunniste=KK+171%2F1993&base=erkys&palvelin=www.parliament.fi&f=WP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104153044/http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/show.asp?tunniste=KK+171%2F1993&base=erkys&palvelin=www.parliament.fi&f=WP |archive-date=4 January 2014 |access-date=13 September 2022 |website=Kirjallinen kysymys 171 / Valtiopäivät 1993 |publisher=Eduskunta |pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oinaala |first=Sampsa |date=26 July 2017 |title=1990-luvun alussa Ilpo Okkonen toi elämäntapaintiaanit Suomeen – hanke traumatisoi ja vei maineen sekä rahat: "Toipuminen vei vuosia" |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005302761.html |access-date=16 November 2018 |website=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref>

The Iriadamant group stated that their goal was to scientifically study the adaptation of humans to nature through the lifestyle of native peoples. They opposed the western way of life, and in contrast, the group practiced [[silvilization]] and religious rituals.<ref name=":2" /> They also sought to study organic life within the arctic. Their proposed experiments were to run for seven years, by which time they hoped to be self-sufficient.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Jokelin |first=Jantso |title=Metsään meni |url=https://www.veikkaus.fi/fi/x/suomen-muotoinen-jarvi-neitokainen |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Veikkaus |language=fi}}</ref>

The community was thought by some to be a true tribe of Native Americans, and were met with curiosity and positivity from the public. Their first camp was near [[Oulu]].<ref name=":4" /> Although the original goal was to end up in southern Finland, they made a deal with a tourism company in Kittilä. They agreed to act as a tourist attraction in exchange for land and provisions. The group was settled in Lainio, a small tourist village near [[Neitokainen]].<ref name=":3" /> However, within a year, the camp was closed to outsiders.<ref name=":4" />

In Lainio, the Iriadamant built permanent turf-covered shelters called "[[Wigwam|gwams]]". The settlement was divided into sub-camps for men, women, and children, which surrounded a central forum and marketplace.<ref name=":3" />