Niillas Somby

Niillas Somby
Born (1948-12-04) 4 December 1948 (age 75) [1]
 Norway
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

  1. ^ Ande Somby – CV in English
  2. ^ a b c Interview from 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2008
  3. ^ Dams as aid: a political anatomy of Nordic development thinking by Ann Danaiya Usher, retrieved on Google Books 2010-02-15
  4. ^ "30 år etter Alta-aksjonen". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ^ Gi oss våre skjeletter tilbake Tromsoby.no, retrieved 29 January 2013