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Katja Gauriloff Makes History With ‘Je’vida,’ the First Feature Shot in the Skolt Sámi Language: ‘My Mother Never Let Me Forget’

Director Katja Gauriloff has made history with “Je’vida,” the first feature shot in the Skolt Sámi language. “It’s my native tongue, but because of forced assimilation in Finland [of the Sámi people] ...
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‘An Impossible Task’: Finland’s Katja Gauriloff on Making ‘Je’vida,’ the First Skolt Sámi-Language Film

Finnish director Katja Gauriloff won the top prize this week at the Finnish Film Affair’s showcase of fiction works in progress for “Je’vida,” an intimate historical drama that is the first film ever ...
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Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing

In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union. Speaking on behalf of ...
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From Sámi language to Kurdish with writer Labba

"The texts of a 41-year-old writer always win against what is written by a 10-year-old girl." In Turkey as part of the Belongings project, which offers a platform for Kurdish and Sámi writers to meet ...
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‘Language of the heart’

KIRUNA, Sweden -- The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country's main language. But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the ...