Biography
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.
Filmography
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Movies 2
Writer 1
self 1
Writer
Ellos Sápmi (2015)
Movie
Self (activist) (as Niillas Somby)
Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (2006)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-12-04 (76 years old)
SiblingsÁnde Somby, Marry Ailonieida Somby
CitizenshipsNorway
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