Árran: January 2007

Rudolph Johnson - in memory

Siida elder Rudy Johnson has passed away.

More on these links:
Rudy in memory - Sami Siida of North America
Rudy's family history - Lapland Ancestry
Portrait of Rudy by his wife Solveig Arneng
Obituary from Duluth News Tribune
Article about Rudy by Mel Olsen from Arran #24
Academic paper by Rudy from 1976 - A Sami View of Norwegian American Ethnicity
Memorial by Hans Ragnar Mathisen in Ságat (Norwegian)

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Frost: Lives and Culture of the Sami People

The photo exhibit by Sami photographer Fred Ivar Utsi Klemesten entitled "Frost: Lives and Culture of the Sami People" which was exhibited at the Smithsonian last year is now visiting Montana. The exhibit will be at the Hockaday Museum in Kalispell from January 15 through March 17.

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Sami phrases

There are several resources for learning Sami online, most of them are not directed at English speakers. We will translate and feature some of the lessons from time to time. All other web resources for learning Sami from English are found on our Sami language page.

Infonuorra (Sami youth organization in Norway) has now made available a handy glossary of phrases, including sound files, in three of the Sami languages. However, this is aimed at Norwegian speakers, below are the English phrases with their Sami counterparts- click on a phrase to hear the Sami.

Language key:

N- North Sami (Davvisámegiella)

S- South Sami (Åarjel saemie giele)

L- Lule Sami (Julevsámegiella)

Good day

N- Buorre Beaivvi

S- Buerie biejjie

L- Buoris

My name is...

N- Mu namma lea…

S- Mov nomme…

L- Muv namma l…

Where are you from?