Niillas Somby
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Niillas Somby | |
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Born | [1] | 4 December 1948
Occupation(s) | Sami political rights activist, cultural worker. |
Niillas Somby (formally known as Nils Somby)[2] is a Sami political rights activist, journalist and photographer. He was one of seven hunger strikers during the Alta controversy,[2][3] and lost an arm during a sabotage action.[2][4]
The documentary film Give Us Our Skeletons (directed by Paul-Anders Simma in 1999) follows Somby’s quest to retrieve the heads of his ancestors, Mons Somby and Aslak Hætta, from the University of Oslo in Norway.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Ande Somby – CV in English
- ^ a b c Interview from 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2008
- ^ Dams as aid: a political anatomy of Nordic development thinking by Ann Danaiya Usher, retrieved on Google Books 2010-02-15
- ^ "30 år etter Alta-aksjonen". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Gi oss våre skjeletter tilbake Tromsoby.no, retrieved 29 January 2013
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