Niillas Somby

Niillas Somby
Niillas Somby (formally known as Nils Somby) is a Sami political rights activist, journalist and photographer. He was one of seven hunger strikers during the Alta controversy, and lost an arm during a sabotage action. 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. See also. Mons Somby. Give Us Our Skeletons. References. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niillas_Somby

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