| Niillas Somby | |
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| Born | (1948-12-04) 4 December 1948 (age 76)  Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Sami political rights activist, cultural worker. |
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
References
- Ande Somby – CV in English
- ^ Interview from 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2008
- Dams as aid: a political anatomy of Nordic development thinking by Ann Danaiya Usher, retrieved on Google Books 2010-02-15
- "30 år etter Alta-aksjonen". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Gi oss våre skjeletter tilbake Tromsoby.no, retrieved 29 January 2013
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