An Account of the SámiThe year 1910 marked a milestone in Smi cultural and literary history. In that year, the Smi wolf hunter and reindeer herder Johan Turi produced his Muitalus Samiid birra, the first secular book ever published in a Smi language. Turis work an eloquent, at times poignant exploration of Smi history, livelihoods, and culture aimed at making state authorities in Sweden and Norway aware of the intricacies and value of the indigenous culture of the Smi.

the University of Texas

presents a wonderful picture of Sámi culture in transition and in the face of inevitable outside forces

and humor of contemporary Swedish theatre

Directed by Ove Gotting

The three plays are the following: Hand in Hand by Sofia Fredén

Recorded at SVF in 2011

where the rays of hope illuminate the way

the student council president

Eriksson integrates her caring research findings with philosophy

Yet amazing theatre is happening throughout all of the Nordic region that doesn't reach our shores because of the language barrier

at times poignant exploration of Sámi history

we follow the story of the teenager Sajjad as he tries to shape his own identity in the space between the Pakistani culture of his parents and the Norwegian culture of his peers