Niillas Somby (formally known as Nils Somby)Interview from 1996. Retrieved July 15, 2008 is a Sami political rights activist, journalist and photographer. He was one of seven hunger strikers during the Alta controversy,Dams as aid: a political anatomy of Nordic development thinking by Ann Danaiya Usher, retrieved on Google Books 2010-02-15 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.Gi oss våre skjeletter tilbake Tromsoby.no, retrieved 29 January 2013
See also Mons Somby Give Us Our Skeletons
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