Niillas Somby
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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]
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Niillas Somby | |
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Born | (1948-12-04) 4 December 1948 (age 75) [1] |
Occupation(s) | Sami political rights activist, cultural worker. |
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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]