NiillasSomby (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…
Give Us Our Skeletons! (Antakaa Meille Luurankomme (Finnish); Oaivveskaldjut (Northern Sami) is a 1999 documentary film directed by Paul-Anders Simma about NiillasSomby, a Sámi man who retraces his family ancestry as he searches for the…
Somby is the most common form today. It occurs basically in the northern Sami communities of Kautokeino Municipality and Karasjok Municipality on the Norwegian side of the border, but also in other northern-Scandinavian regions.