The movie describes three parallel plots; the first is Niillas Somby's story on how he became one of the most celebrated protesters during the Alta Dam Protests between 1979 and 1981 near Kautokeino, Norway. In the years that followed, he traveled in exile to Canada where he was given sanctuary by the IroquoisFirst Nation, and later returned to Norway.
The second plot was the disturbing examination of the scientific racism and racial classification movement that was considered an accepted fact by Scandinavian scientists from the early 19th century until the 1950s. This included the plundering of Sami graves for their skeletons and the forced sterilization of the Sami and other peoples in Scandinavia who were viewed as competing with the "noble races", as part of a larger eugenics program.
The third and final plot was Niillas Somby's emotional struggle with bringing Mons Somby's skull home for a proper burial.
give, skeletons, antakaa, meille, luurankomme, finnish, oaivveskaldjut, north, sami, 1999, documentary, film, directed, paul, anders, simma, about, niillas, somby, sami, retraces, family, ancestry, searches, head, ancestor, mons, somby, directed, bypaul, ander. Give Us Our Skeletons Antakaa Meille Luurankomme in Finnish Oaivveskaldjut in North Sami is a 1999 documentary film directed by Paul Anders Simma about Niillas Somby a Sami man who retraces his family ancestry as he searches for the head of his ancestor Mons Somby Give Us Our SkeletonsDirected byPaul Anders SimmaStarringNiillas SombyDistributed byIcarus FilmsRelease date1999 1999 Running time49 minutesCountryNorwayLanguagesSami Norwegian and English with English subtitles Mons Aslaksen Somby and Aslak Jakobsen Haetta were executed by decapitation on 14 October 1854 for murder following the 1852 Kautokeino rebellion against the local Norwegian government in which two people were murdered Their heads were claimed by the government for scientific research and were held as part of a collection of 900 skulls at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Oslo The movie describes three parallel plots the first is Niillas Somby s story on how he became one of the most celebrated protesters during the Alta Dam Protests between 1979 and 1981 near Kautokeino Norway In the years that followed he traveled in exile to Canada where he was given sanctuary by the Iroquois First Nation and later returned to Norway The second plot was the disturbing examination of the scientific racism and racial classification movement that was considered an accepted fact by Scandinavian scientists from the early 19th century until the 1950s This included the plundering of Sami graves for their skeletons and the forced sterilization of the Sami and other peoples in Scandinavia who were viewed as competing with the noble races as part of a larger eugenics program The third and final plot was Niillas Somby s emotional struggle with bringing Mons Somby s skull home for a proper burial External links editGive Us Our Skeletons Give Us Our Skeletons at IMDb Tromso International Film Festival January 15 20 2008 First Run Icarus Films Film description Graves Kafjord Alta Norway nbsp This article about a historical documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to Norwegian film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Give Us Our Skeletons amp oldid 1142785115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
