Experience

Sámi Education Institute Sámi oahpahusguovddáš

• Finland
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Mar 2023 - Present

• • Aug 2022 - Jun 2023



Saami Archives / National Archives Finland

• Archivist

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2022

  I am an archivist responsible for launching the operations of the newly established (2012) Sámi Archives in Inari, Finnish Lapland. Sámi Archives is part of the National Archives of Finland. My work contains of several archival duties starting from collecting, managing and providing access to mainly private collections but also includes archival pedagogics and PR. We also participate in EU funded research projects such as https://arkisto.fi/aida/ and https://digisamiarchives.com/ in which I have a role of an advisor. The main target of the Sámi Archives is to advance and develop Sámi research and establish connections with researches and research institutions cross border. The Sámi Archives acquires both private and government archives of the indigenous Sámi people and works as a preserver of the Sámi documentary heritage in Finland. Show less



Anarâškielâ servi / Inari Saami language association

• Author / Documentarist

  • 2010 - 2011

  Documenting the complementary adult Inari Saami language education in a written form. The book "Revitalising Indigenous Languages How to Recreate a Lost Generation" was published in Jan 2013 (Multilingual Matters, Bristol). The co-writers are Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Marja-Liisa Olthuis. See the summary, review and table of contents http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?k=9781847698872 More information about Inari (Aanaar) Saami language revitalisation and our Complimentary Adult Saami Language Education CASLE project here www.casle.fi My little documentary film "Reborn" tells a story about Aanaar Saami language revitalisation. It is the first documentary made in Aanaar Saami. I directed the film (about my mother-in-law who started to speak her mother tongue after a couple of decades and my children who learnt their father's and grandmother's language at the language nest) when I was studying Aanaar Saami language in 2009-2010. See the film with English subtitles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0YcIkUoEhc Show less



YLE

• Finland
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• News reporter at the Radio Lapland

  • Jun 2005 - Nov 2009

  I was working as a nothern correspondent and broadcaster for the Radio Lapland, Finland's Public National Broadcasting Company, YLE. The editorial stuff and the editing office was based in Rovaniemi but my office was at the Saami Radio, YLE Sápmi in Inari. I edited news and reportages for radio, Internet and teletex. My stories typically covered and concentrated on Saami issues but I reported widely on politics, economics, nature, social issues and more general human interest stories - not only in the Northernmost Finland but also in the whole Barents region and High North. Show less



Sámi musea Siida

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• Guide

  • 2004 - 2008

  Worked as a freelance museum guide at the Sámi Museum Siida for many years, on top of other jobs. Worked as a freelance museum guide at the Sámi Museum Siida for many years, on top of other jobs.


The Saami Education Institute
• English teacher

  • 2003 - 2005