Niillas Somby

Niillas Somby
Born	December 4, 1948 (1948-12-04) (age 62) [1]  Norway
Ethnicity	Sami
Occupation	Sami political rights activist, film director.

Niillas Somby (formally known as Nils Somby)^[2] is a Sami political rights activist and film director. He was one of the seven hunger strikers during the Alta controversy.^[2][3] and lost an arm during a sabotage.^[2][4]

In 1999, a documentary film directed by Paul-Anders Simma was produced called Give Us Our Skeletons which describe Niillas' quest to retrieved the head of his ancestor Mons Somby from the University of Oslo in Norway.

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. http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/radiodokumentaren/1.7828813. 

See also

• Mons Somby
• Give Us Our Skeletons

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