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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People

Inaugural Seminar

8 February 2022, 12.00–16.00

Online via Zoom

 

The Government appointed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People on 28 October 2021.

The Sami are often described as the only indigenous people of the European Union.

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For example, Rogozhkin, who wrote as well as directed the film, never allowed Anni-Kristiina Juuso, his Lapp star, to see the entire script .

Incident through the eyes of Elen Alaksdatter Skum (Anni-Kristiina Juuso), one of the central figures in the Sami revolt and the film's narrator.

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The matter has been prepared in close cooperation with representatives of the Finnish state, the Sámi Parliament and the Skolt Sámi Siida Council. The aim of the Commission is to collect Sámi people’s experiences of the actions of the Finnish state and its various authorities and to make this information visible to the public.

 

The Prime Minister’s Office appointed a monitoring group for the Commission on 5 November 2021.

The task of the monitoring group is to support the Commission in its work.

 

At the inaugural seminar of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, we will learn about international experiences of truth and reconcilia