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enda bilden av pappa english
subtitles alan rees 040158883
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-and why he ended up on a stamp.>
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<-Sami culture and his relatives.>
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THE ONLY IMAGE OF MY FATHER
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He got down, poked me with his
boot and said: "Are you dead?"
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-"No," I said.
-"Then you can't lie there," he said.
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They're like that in Upper Norrland.
Mother and Grandma were the same.
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You don't lie down very often...
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"Log-rafting on the Luleå River
1957-1974." I was born in '56.
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He must have been a raftsman
before that.
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There's a real log-rafter for you...
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I wonder if I resemble him.
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I think he is temperamental.
I can see it from the picture.
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Kine Boman:
-Are you temperamental?
Monika Isaksson:
-Yes indeed!
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I've never met my father. This is
the only image I have of him.
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Kine Boman:
Have you ever heard
anything about him?
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My mother and grandma said little
about him when I was growing up.
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Kine Boman:
-Why do you think that was?
Monika Isaksson:
-I really don't know.
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Somebody once said he lived
in Gothenburg. That's near here.
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No...if he loved the wilderness
he wouldn't be in Gothenburg.
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He would have lived
near the wilderness.
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But now he's so old that he'd be in
an old people's home if he's alive.
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Hello, my name is Monika Isaksson.
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I was christened Monika Elisabeth
Mickelsson-Hatta.
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I am going to visit Norrland.
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I thought I'd look for my father
and Sami relatives and so forth.
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All I know is
that he's depicted on a stamp.
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My father's name
is Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
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Who do I contact
when I get up there?
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Karin Köhler:
I've carried out
a search for your father's name.
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I can't find him on the register
of deceased persons.
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Monika Isaksson:
-So he's still alive...?
Karin Köhler:
-Probably, but this is from 2000.
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We can't be certain.
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Here are a few people
that I think you should contact.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Bengt Lindman...?
Karin Köhler:
-Lundman.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Does he live here in Jokkmokk?
Karin Köhler:
-Yes. He knows Filip.
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Monika Isaksson:
Hello...?
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Bengt Lundman:
So you've also been
a blacksmith then?
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Monika Isaksson:
I certainly have...
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...for the last 18 years.
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Bengt Lundman:
I've no idea how many years
I've been at it...
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Monika Isaksson:
Did you work together,
you and Mickel?
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Bengt Lundman:
Now and again,
when a horse was really restive.
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Monika Isaksson:
When a horse was really restive, eh?
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What was he like?
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Bengt Lundman:
Much the same as anyone else.
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Some say he was disagreeable,
but that's not how I remember him.
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I thought he was happy all the time.
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Monika Isaksson:
We'll just have to see if I
can find him. I wonder where he is...
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Bengt Lundman:
I don't know.
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Monika Isaksson:
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My grandmother's house
is on the right here.
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There it is! It's that red one.
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There doesn't seem to be
anyone at home...
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A barn was up there, otherwise
everything is just the same.
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Nothing has changed...
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...nothing at all.
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Sometimes I felt like
going away for a while -
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-so I vanished into the forest.
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When it was time to come home,
Granny stood on the step, shouting.
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Sometimes I'd be lost, so I'd sit
on a stone until I heard her calling-
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-and then I'd walk towards
the sound of her voice.
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I still remember the verdure and the
soft light filtered through the trees-
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-and the freedom of the mountains:
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Feeling the rock under my feet and
knowing there is nobody for miles...
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Karin Köhler:
Here are some of the books I found-
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-about Jöns Paulus
Mickelsson-Hatta.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Jöns Paulus...?
Karin Köhler:
-He was your paternal grandfather.
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Monika Isaksson:
"The family of
Jöns Paulus Mickelsson-Hatta."
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"His wife Josefina F..."
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"Maiden name Skano."
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"Absconded.
Living in Svartlå."
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"Ten children."
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There should be an awful lot
of relatives in the area.
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-Hello. My name is Monika.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Hi. I'm Sven.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-it was a great surprise for me.>
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
That's the way it goes...
Are you well?
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Monika Isaksson:
Sure. Shall we sit down?
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
I saw Filip in Jokkmokk...
it must be 20 years ago now.
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He was handing in his pools coupon
to the newsagent.
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At the time
I couldn't remember who he was.
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Once he'd gone out I remembered:
"That was Filip, damn it!"
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I rushed out, but he'd gone.
Unfortunately...
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-When did you last see your father?
Monika Isaksson:
-I've never met him.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Your eyes resemble his.
Monika Isaksson:
-Really?
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
Both Aunt Greta and I
have tried to find him.
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He led a fairly restless life, however.
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He moved around and could appear
on your doorstep one morning.
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He'd be around for a few days and
then he was off somewhere again.
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He must have been happy
with his life.
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Talk about being free...
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<-and the generation before that. As>
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Matilda Burman:
There's the issue of
what being a Sami means.
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Monika Isaksson:
Am I a Sami?
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Matilda Burman:
I can't answer that for you.
Your own feelings have to guide you.
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You can't say that your father
was a Sami and you aren't.
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Of course you're a Sami!
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There are obligations as well
of course-
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-and expectations
about what you should know-
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-how you are to behave, what dress
to wear, what language to speak-
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-and whether you should speak
any of the Sami languages.
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There's also a sense of security-
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-in knowing who you are
and that so many are with you-
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-among your relatives
and within your family.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<"Well...he was," said my mother.>
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When you become a student-
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-you have to present yourself.
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There was talk about Samis
and it riled me.
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The law about hunting small game
had been changed, I think.
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Some very strange things
were said about the Sami people.
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Samis weren't mentioned
in the history books at all.
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This was only three or four years
ago. I thought it was disgraceful.
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They weren't mentioned once.
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Sweden's original inhabitants
were not in the textbooks.
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I thought it was time
to find out a few things.
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Elle Kuhmunen:
There it is!
Monika Isaksson:
Is the other one by him?
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Elle Kuhmunen:
Only that one, as far as I know.
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Elle Kuhmunen:
-Are you the person who...?
Monika Isaksson:
-My grandfather made it.
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"In the midst of his misery he made
reindeer of singular perfection."
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"He was a forest Sami. Reindeer
should have been his wealth."
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"He had lost almost everything,
but reindeer came from his hands."
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"They almost seemed alive and
helped Hatta through hard times."
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"His fortunes changed and his real
reindeer became a herd again."
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
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Ola Rokka:
-Hello. I'm Ola.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-I'm Sven. Are you Erik's son?
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Ola Rokka:
-Yes. Whose son are you?
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-I'm David's boy.
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Ola Rokka:
-You've grown!
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Yes, I'm a big boy now...
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Monika Isaksson:
-I'm Monika.
Ola Rokka:
-So you're Filip's daughter, are you?
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-So you've come home, eh?
Monika Isaksson:
-I've never been here before!
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Ola Rokka:
A reindeer herdsman lives here now.
His name is Persson.
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Let's have a look at the old hut
where your grandfather lived.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
I spent three or four years here with
my grandfather towards the end.
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There was a good path
in those days.
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It's all gone to rack and ruin.
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Monika Isaksson:
-It isn't very big.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-No, this is all there is to it.
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Ola Rokka:
These huts are very basic.
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Monika Isaksson:
-How many of you lived here?
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Four or five. Six at the most.
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It was very nice when it was new.
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-It's amazing that it's still standing.
-He died more than 40 years ago.
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<-the water in the bucket was>
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Do you speak any Sami?
Sixten Pokka:
-Not any more.
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When I went to school
you weren't allowed to.
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You couldn't speak
Finnish or Sami-
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-so you forgot it.
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Ola Rokka:
There was a time when all Samis
concealed their identity.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
It was frowned on. That was why
my father changed his name...
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...to Ottmalm
from Mickelsson-Hatta.
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<-Samis were forced to drive to the>
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The Samis aren't the only ones
to suffer in this way.
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There are the Indians, the Eskimos,
the Gypsies and others.
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They say nowadays, when you
listen to immigrants and so forth-
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-that if a group of people-
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-is to be itself
and find itself and acclimatise-
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-language is very important.
Without a language, you're nothing.
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I don't know how many Samis
can still speak Sami.
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Kine Boman:
-What kind of Sami do you speak?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-Luleå Sami.
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In my Sami village,
only my group can speak it.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-who went log-rafting>
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Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
It's time to count them.
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Sit on top of it.
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That's it. Don't let it take
all your weight. Hold the head up.
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Lasse Ericsson:
Now let's see how strong you are.
It's time to lift it up.
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Kine Boman:
-How heavy is it?
Lasse Ericsson:
-That one lying there...?
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It must weigh 65 kilos. That
includes the stomach and so on.
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We remove the skin, stomach,
liver, heart, tongue and head.
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That makes it 15 kilos lighter.
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You place them as if
they're lying in the forest.
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Monika Isaksson:
-On their sides with the legs up?
Lasse Ericsson:
-As if they're lying in the forest.
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-We haven't bound their backs.
Monika Isaksson:
-What about this one's eye?
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This one is blind in one eye. It's ill.
It's sure to close its eyelid.
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If you'd been here 30 years ago-
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-Siberian jays would have come
to inspect us.
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They came if they heard
conversation or a fire was lit.
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You don't see anything
in the forest any more.
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It's frightening really.
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Kine Boman:
-Why is that?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-It's the forestry industry!
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They use a lot of sprays.
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Fertiliser isn't good for animals.
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Neither is the use of defoliants.
They are poisons that kill birches.
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Kine Boman:
-Why do they use sprays?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-For rapid forest growth.
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Anything unwanted is killed. It
used to be removed with hand-axes.
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Now we've lost the land
we used for winter pasture.
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There's been a legal ruling. We
can't use the land as winter pasture.
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We can only use the land
from May until November.
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The state or the forestry companies
use the law to destroy Sami villages.
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We can't pay the legal costs.
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The Skattefjäll case cost three
or four million Kronor I believe.
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The justice of the powerful
will always prevail-
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-but that isn't always justice.
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Monika Isaksson:
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But I wonder
what happened to my father...
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On the phone she said that she
hadn't seen Filip for a long time.
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But they grew up together, so she
should be able to say something-
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-about what he's like and what
they've done and so on.
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There's Aunt Greta...!
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There she is...
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00:30:48:23
-Hello.
Greta Persson-Hatta:
-I was about to phone.
00:30:49:02
00:30:54:01
I thought you must have got lost.
I wondered where you'd got to.
00:30:54:05
00:30:58:16
Arne! Come here, kitty...
00:30:58:20
00:31:01:13
Come on, cat!
00:31:11:11
00:31:14:11
There it is...
00:31:17:10
00:31:22:00
We're not the sort of people
who have to get on all the time-
00:31:22:04
00:31:27:13
-and be in touch all the time.
00:31:27:17
00:31:31:21
He came and he went and he...
00:31:33:13
00:31:37:02
They separated when I was young.
00:31:37:06
00:31:42:05
Some of the children were sent
to homes or were adopted.
00:31:42:09
00:31:46:15
I haven't been able to keep in touch
with all of them.
00:31:46:19
00:31:50:23
I still haven't a clue
where one of my sisters is.
00:31:51:02
00:31:55:19
Father lived up there.
Mother lived in Svartlå and Överäng.
00:31:55:23
00:32:00:18
We lived here and there,
round and about...
00:32:05:05
00:32:08:12
I've exhibited my paintings.
00:32:08:16
00:32:11:13
That one is hung
as high as possible.
00:32:11:17
00:32:16:05
People get to recognise that painting
and then they turn up.
00:32:16:09
00:32:20:20
That's half of me.
That's half my soul.
00:32:20:24
00:32:25:10
If I need help, I just touch it.
00:32:26:19
00:32:30:10
I never use any templates
or paint from life.
00:32:30:14
00:32:33:00
I just sit down and paint.
00:32:33:04
00:32:39:16
The result is usually trolls and forest
and little devils...no, not them!
00:32:39:20
00:32:42:22
I don't know why it should be trolls.
00:32:44:01
00:32:47:06
That's the MoDo troll.
00:32:47:10
00:32:52:08
That's the troll
that cuts everything down.
00:32:52:12
00:32:57:08
That's typical of them.
They sit up there grinning.
00:32:57:12
00:33:03:18
They think they've done a good job.
They've destroyed everything.
00:33:29:20
00:33:35:14
I haven't seen him for a long time.
It must be ten years now.
00:33:36:15
00:33:40:10
Filip is very kind really.
00:33:40:14
00:33:45:06
We resemble each other
in that respect.
00:33:45:10
00:33:50:02
We're a bit...odd.
00:33:50:06
00:33:53:15
But I don't mind being odd.
00:33:53:19
00:33:57:07
I don't care much any more.
00:33:59:21
00:34:04:05
Monika Isaksson:
00:34:06:15
00:34:10:23
People were very hospitable
at any rate.
00:34:11:21
00:34:15:14
What was it that Ola Rokka said?
00:34:15:18
00:34:23:12
He said that next time he met
the reindeer-owners and so forth-
00:34:23:16
00:34:28:04
-he could say that he'd met
Hatta's descendents-
00:34:28:08
00:34:33:05
-people who should really
be living around here.
00:34:33:09
00:34:36:08
You think about different paths...
00:34:36:12
00:34:40:15
Perhaps I might have lived there.
00:34:40:19
00:34:43:15
That's how it might have been.
00:35:13:10
00:35:18:18
I'll follow up the lead
that he might be in Gothenburg.
00:35:20:01
00:35:23:07
I'll phone the tax office again.
00:35:30:23
00:35:37:02
Hello. I'm trying to find
the address of someone.
00:35:37:06
00:35:40:20
Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
00:35:40:24
00:35:43:22
Could you repeat that?
00:35:44:01
00:35:48:15
<-Balzersgatan, number 10b.>
-Balzersgatan...okay.
00:35:55:14
00:36:01:01
It's almost amusing
to think that he's in Gothenburg.
00:36:05:16
00:36:12:04
I wonder why hasn't he got in touch
with his relatives in recent years.
00:36:12:08
00:36:17:22
They said that he often moved
from place to place, however...
00:36:20:20
00:36:25:21
I'll go there and see
if his name is on the door.
00:36:26:00
00:36:29:02
It's as simple as that.
00:36:36:12
00:36:42:22
It must be him. There can't be many
Filip Mickelsson-Hattas in Sweden.
00:36:43:01
00:36:46:21
Maybe he's dead.
Maybe it's an old address.
00:36:47:00
00:36:50:12
Maybe he's no longer alive.
00:36:53:15
00:36:56:19
Is it much further?
00:37:02:04
00:37:05:15
Let's see...
00:37:38:19
00:37:43:06
There's nobody by that name
at this address.
00:37:46:04
00:37:48:18
Nobody at all...
00:37:50:05
00:37:54:12
If he's no longer alive it would be
good to know that as well-
00:37:54:16
00:37:58:05
-and know where he is buried.
00:37:59:13
00:38:04:14
I didn't think people
could just disappear in Sweden.
00:38:25:21
00:38:30:21
00:38:31:00
00:38:33:23
00:38:44:12
00:38:50:14
00:38:57:12
00:39:02:10
00:39:02:14
00:39:10:07
He rang from the north of Sweden
to say he was moving from his flat.
00:39:10:11
00:39:17:03
His landlady wanted it in writing.
He said: "I'm not near a letter-box."
00:39:17:07
00:39:21:13
"I'll write as soon as I am."
00:39:21:17
00:39:26:21
A letter came from Rödingsträsk-
00:39:27:00
00:39:30:07
-in which he gave notice.
00:39:30:11
00:39:34:15
I'm looking for a man called
Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
00:39:34:19
00:39:37:23
He's meant to be living in Urstjärn.
00:39:38:02
00:39:44:19
Really?! I'm his daughter!
I'm looking for him...
00:39:44:23
00:39:51:24
He'll get in touch with him tomorrow
and ask him to ring me.
00:40:06:01
00:40:09:04
A new message...
00:40:31:23
00:40:35:17
That was my father
on the answering service.
00:40:35:21
00:40:39:21
He said he'd ring again later today.
00:40:42:06
00:40:44:24
My card is empty.
00:40:45:03
00:40:50:18
There's another message,
but I can't listen to it.
00:40:52:00
00:40:56:16
He must have phoned this morning.
00:40:56:20
00:41:00:04
He said his name was Mickelsson.
00:41:00:08
00:41:04:02
It was an old man's voice,
so it must have been my father.
00:41:09:21
00:41:13:06
Hello! I'm Monika Isaksson.
00:41:15:15
00:41:18:24
I've been looking for you.
00:41:19:03
00:41:23:17
Yes...yes...
00:41:23:21
00:41:29:12
It sounds like I've found
the right person all right.
00:41:29:16
00:41:35:17
I thought I'd find you in the north
of Sweden, but it wasn't so easy.
00:41:35:21
00:41:38:02
Yes...
00:41:38:06
00:41:43:01
00:41:43:05
00:41:48:05
00:41:59:20
00:42:07:17
Matilda Burman:
00:42:12:21
00:42:15:08
00:42:15:12
00:42:18:23
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
00:42:24:00
00:42:27:24
Bengt Lundman:
00:42:28:03
00:42:32:20
00:42:32:24
00:42:36:10
Greta Persson-Hatta:
00:43:00:04
00:43:04:14
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
I've raced around
and been pretty foolhardy.
00:43:04:18
00:43:08:09
I've been all right
wherever I ended up though.
00:43:08:13
00:43:11:12
Things always work out.
00:43:17:15
00:43:24:15
So you want to look at this fellow
who happens to be your father, eh?
00:43:24:19
00:43:28:07
-That could be interesting.
Monika Isaksson:
-I think so.
00:43:28:11
00:43:31:18
Well, that will do to start with.
00:43:31:22
00:43:35:14
Our acquaintance won't harm us.
00:43:35:18
00:43:43:04
We can get to know each other and
help each other out if that's possible.
00:43:43:08
00:43:49:19
If I make a few million before I die,
I can give the money away.
00:43:51:07
00:43:56:05
Monika Isaksson:
-There's no need for that, Filip.
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Don't say that!
00:43:56:09
00:44:00:05
Millions can be good to have
in your old age.
00:44:00:09
00:44:03:17
If nothing else
you can be mischievous-
00:44:03:21
00:44:08:19
-and travel around the world
throwing the money in the air.
00:44:10:04
00:44:15:05
I have very firm opinions on the
subject, since my parents divorced.
00:44:15:09
00:44:22:02
I know it's not good to pull children
in different directions.
00:44:22:06
00:44:27:01
That's not healthy. It's better
to let them go their own way.
00:44:27:05
00:44:30:13
Your mother was very capable.
00:44:30:17
00:44:34:10
I was pretty sure she could cope.
00:44:34:14
00:44:39:10
I expect you all managed quite well
once I'd left you.
00:44:47:00
00:44:52:14
Monika Isaksson:
00:44:55:17
00:45:00:05
00:45:00:09
00:45:04:03
00:45:12:00
00:45:16:07
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
00:45:16:11
00:45:22:05
00:45:27:02
00:45:31:14
I was seven years old when I was
sent off to be a child slave.
00:45:31:18
00:45:35:14
I was given three sandwiches-
00:45:35:18
00:45:40:10
-to last me the three days
the train took to get to Dalsland.
00:45:40:14
00:45:45:11
I was given lots of work to do.
I had to get up early.
00:45:45:15
00:45:50:04
Before I went to school
at the age of eight-
00:45:50:08
00:45:52:21
-I had to milk four cows.
00:45:53:00
00:45:58:18
I slaved away until I was 15,
nearly 16.
00:45:58:22
00:46:03:03
Then I went up north
to work with reindeer.
00:46:03:07
00:46:09:09
The other children
were 16, 17 and 18.
00:46:09:13
00:46:12:09
They stayed up here.
00:46:12:13
00:46:18:11
They survived, but they were
harassed and tormented.
00:46:18:15
00:46:23:03
They were Samis,
so they had to be exterminated.
00:46:23:07
00:46:27:22
They weren't to have things their
way in the north of Sweden.
00:46:28:01
00:46:32:03
Theyexterminate
the Samis, however.
00:46:32:07
00:46:35:04
They would have if they could.
00:46:40:17
00:46:44:05
Monika Isaksson:
He had made preparations
for our visit-
00:46:44:09
00:46:49:05
-even though his living conditions
are primitive.
00:46:49:09
00:46:53:05
He must have thought we might
spend the night-
00:46:53:09
00:46:56:09
-because he had washed the sheets.
00:46:56:13
00:47:01:05
That's not so easy without
a washing machine or water indoors.
00:47:09:14
00:47:14:13
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Life is really something
up here in the forest!
00:47:14:17
00:47:20:13
Monika Isaksson:
Aren't you going to put
any gloves on your hands?
00:47:20:17
00:47:25:12
I don't feel the cold.
I can walk around naked.
00:47:25:16
00:47:32:15
After a sauna I can roll in the snow
for half an hour.
00:47:36:08
00:47:41:24
It's some way
along a straight section-
00:47:42:03
00:47:46:24
-on the road to Rödingsträsk.
00:47:47:03
00:47:51:22
The spring is on the left over there.
00:47:53:06
00:47:57:13
-There's the hole.
Grannen:
-Is it here?
00:48:02:20
00:48:06:18
Grannen:
-Don't fall in.
-There's snow around the edge.
00:48:06:22
00:48:10:20
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
If I fall in, it won't matter.
00:48:10:24
00:48:14:17
Grannen:
-It would be pretty cold if you did.
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Is that right?
00:48:17:06
00:48:23:20
People from Gothenburg who sit
around in flats find this terrifying!
00:48:24:23
00:48:29:23
-It's quite an adventure.
Grannen:
-I was 14 when I first came here.
00:48:33:04
00:48:37:14
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
How many elk have you shot?
00:48:37:18
00:48:41:15
How many elk have you shot
around here?
00:48:41:19
00:48:44:15
Grannen:
Quite a few.
00:48:44:19
00:48:50:06
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
If you go back to the old ways,
of course you can get by.
00:48:50:10
00:48:56:14
I think it's a healthier and better life
than yours in Gothenburg.
00:48:56:18
00:48:59:12
I'm certain of it.
00:48:59:16
00:49:04:00
The way I fetch water
might seem like a hardship to you-
00:49:04:04
00:49:08:07
-but there's nothing to it.
00:49:08:11
00:49:15:07
Fetching water from the river is
a trifle for me. For you it's awful.
00:49:15:11
00:49:21:23
"It's disgraceful that the poor old
fellow has to fetch water!"
00:49:22:02
00:49:28:02
Monika Isaksson:
It's time-consuming at any rate.
00:49:28:06
00:49:32:07
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Time, time...it's all relative.
00:49:32:11
00:49:38:02
I think I've got more time
than you have down south.
00:49:38:06
00:49:44:08
You can sit and rub your bum
on a chair for hours.
00:49:45:17
00:49:53:09
You sit on the sofa, watch TV,
smoke and have coffee and cakes.
00:49:53:13
00:49:56:09
I can fetch water instead.
00:50:03:05
00:50:08:04
People have some strange ideas
about getting old.
00:50:10:06
00:50:14:04
When you're 80,
you're supposed to be lying in bed-
00:50:14:08
00:50:18:23
-and whining and complaining
and moaning.
00:50:22:15
00:50:25:08
That will have to do, damn it!
00:50:43:20
00:50:47:02
I was working in Sönderbyn-
00:50:47:06
00:50:51:03
-on a tug-boat
that sailed up and down the coast.
00:50:51:07
00:50:57:11
We'd pick up the logs that had
drifted away from the rafts.
00:50:58:15
00:51:02:21
The others had boots and gym shoes.
00:51:03:00
00:51:08:21
My balance was so good that I used
wooden clogs. They were excellent.
00:51:09:00
00:51:15:03
If they fell off, they floated. That
meant you could find them again!
00:51:27:07
00:51:31:20
-Where did she go?
Hans-Olof Utsi:
-She went to the privy.
00:51:33:07
00:51:36:08
You found it, did you?
00:51:36:12
00:51:41:18
Here's the lamp. That way
you needn't be afraid of the dark.
00:51:41:22
00:51:45:10
You can take the lamp with you.
00:51:56:24
00:51:59:12
How old did you say the girl is? 17?
00:51:59:16
00:52:02:21
Monika Isaksson:
She's 18.
00:52:03:00
00:52:06:02
She must have a suitor, I suppose.
00:52:06:06
00:52:10:09
Monika Isaksson:
She lives together with a guy
and goes to school.
00:52:10:13
00:52:14:04
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Do they get on well?
Monika Isaksson:
-Yes.
00:52:15:16
00:52:19:16
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-They don't quarrel, do they?
Monika Isaksson:
-Well, I think not...
00:52:19:20
00:52:22:16
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
I bet they do!
00:52:51:12
00:52:54:10
Are you going to take a photo of us?
00:52:54:14
00:52:57:12
Kine Boman:
I thought I might.
00:52:57:16
00:53:01:19
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Then we'd better sit here
and embrace.
00:53:01:23
00:53:06:11
That will be something
for your daughter too.
00:53:12:02
00:53:16:20
Monika Isaksson:
Today he had done the washing-up
and put cups on the table.
00:53:16:24
00:53:22:08
He put out a little ashtray for me,
since I smoke.
00:53:22:12
00:53:26:21
He'd been to the shop
and bought cigarillos.
00:53:27:00
00:53:32:02
I don't think he approves of
cigarettes: they cause cancer.
00:53:32:06
00:53:34:23
I'm very fond of cigarillos...
00:53:36:05
00:53:43:02
Monika Isaksson:
You don't think I'm a lady, though
you said that I looked like one.
00:53:43:06
00:53:50:05
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
On that photo you gave me
you look like an English lord.
00:53:50:09
00:53:55:19
Monika Isaksson:
-An EnglishBut...
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Haven't you seen them?
00:53:55:23
00:53:58:23
When they sit in judgement-
00:53:59:02
00:54:02:22
-they wear a long wig
reaching to the shoulders.
00:54:03:01
00:54:07:20
Monika Isaksson:
-Have you got the stamp?
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-I think so.
00:54:07:24
00:54:12:05
Monika Isaksson:
I think it's in my wallet.
00:54:12:09
00:54:17:11
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Do you mean the stamp withon
it? I couldn't care less about that!
00:54:17:15
00:54:20:21
I think it was meant to represent-
00:54:21:00
00:54:26:10
-and personify the worker:
00:54:26:14
00:54:30:14
Coarse, powerful and energetic.
00:54:30:18
00:54:37:15
The Social Democrat newspaper
in the north praised me to the skies.
00:54:37:19
00:54:43:13
The trade union rags wrote
a lot of extravagant stuff.
00:54:43:17
00:54:48:11
I was supposed
to be incredibly good at my work.
00:54:50:23
00:54:56:01
Maybe Igood,
but not as good as they said I was.
00:54:57:09
00:55:00:20
Monika Isaksson:
00:55:00:24
00:55:04:12
It's hard to sum it all up.
00:55:04:16
00:55:07:15
Even if he hadn't been my father-
00:55:07:19
00:55:12:01
-meeting a man like that
is a real experience.
00:55:13:17
00:55:17:20
As for everything he said...
00:55:17:24
00:55:23:01
Well, I can't say that I see
everything the same way...
00:55:25:18
00:55:29:08
But I think
you just have to let it pass.
00:55:36:13
00:55:42:05
Monika Isaksson:
-Do you have my phone number?
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Yes, I've written it down.
00:55:42:09
00:55:45:00
Monika Isaksson:
And you've got my address?
00:55:45:04
00:55:49:12
Let me give you a hug before I go.
00:55:49:16
00:55:55:13
So long. Look after yourself,
stay warm and make sure you eat.
00:55:56:20
00:56:00:01
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Look after yourself!
00:56:35:00
00:56:40:15
Monika Isaksson:
He rings now and again.
His phone is hardly ever on-
00:56:40:19
00:56:46:05
-so you can't ring him.
He's the one who gets in touch.
00:56:48:12
00:56:53:16
He sent two Christmas presents:
one for me and one for my daughter.
00:56:53:20
00:56:57:02
It's a miniature divination drum.
00:56:57:06
00:57:03:17
This is the handle. You beat it
with a drumstick, like this.
00:57:03:21
00:57:11:08
It is used by Sami shamans
to invoke gods and spirits.
00:57:11:12
00:57:15:09
My initials are engraved in it.
00:57:15:13
00:57:21:00
There's an incantation to go with it,
which he gave me.
00:57:21:04
00:57:25:11
It's not to be recited in public,
because then it doesn't work.
00:57:25:15
00:57:31:21
He told me to rub the drum and say
the incantation to get what I want.
00:57:42:13
00:57:47:13
There is a UN convention on
the rights of indigenous peoples.
00:57:47:17
00:57:53:00
The culture, environment and land
of such peoples must be protected.
00:57:53:04
00:57:58:15
The land of indigenous peoples
is important for their culture.
00:57:58:19
00:58:04:18
The indigenous people themselves
must decide on their future.
00:58:06:05
00:58:11:20
By 1997, 14 countries, including
Norway and Denmark had signed it.
00:58:11:24
00:58:19:02
Sweden has not accepted the UN
Convention on indigenous rights.
00:59:14:05
00:59:18:01
English subtitles by Alan Rees
00:59:19:18
00:59:24:10
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Are you recording all this?
Hans-Olof Utsi:
-I'm filming away.
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Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Good grief!
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You rascal! That's not allowed...
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enda bilden av pappa english
subtitles alan rees 040158883
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-and why he ended up on a stamp.>
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<-Sami culture and his relatives.>
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THE ONLY IMAGE OF MY FATHER
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He got down, poked me with his
boot and said: "Are you dead?"
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-"No," I said.
-"Then you can't lie there," he said.
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They're like that in Upper Norrland.
Mother and Grandma were the same.
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You don't lie down very often...
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"Log-rafting on the Luleå River
1957-1974." I was born in '56.
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He must have been a raftsman
before that.
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There's a real log-rafter for you...
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I wonder if I resemble him.
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I think he is temperamental.
I can see it from the picture.
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Kine Boman:
-Are you temperamental?
Monika Isaksson:
-Yes indeed!
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I've never met my father. This is
the only image I have of him.
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Kine Boman:
Have you ever heard
anything about him?
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My mother and grandma said little
about him when I was growing up.
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Kine Boman:
-Why do you think that was?
Monika Isaksson:
-I really don't know.
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Somebody once said he lived
in Gothenburg. That's near here.
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No...if he loved the wilderness
he wouldn't be in Gothenburg.
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He would have lived
near the wilderness.
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But now he's so old that he'd be in
an old people's home if he's alive.
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Hello, my name is Monika Isaksson.
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I was christened Monika Elisabeth
Mickelsson-Hatta.
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I am going to visit Norrland.
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I thought I'd look for my father
and Sami relatives and so forth.
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All I know is
that he's depicted on a stamp.
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My father's name
is Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
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Who do I contact
when I get up there?
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Karin Köhler:
I've carried out
a search for your father's name.
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I can't find him on the register
of deceased persons.
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Monika Isaksson:
-So he's still alive...?
Karin Köhler:
-Probably, but this is from 2000.
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We can't be certain.
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Here are a few people
that I think you should contact.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Bengt Lindman...?
Karin Köhler:
-Lundman.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Does he live here in Jokkmokk?
Karin Köhler:
-Yes. He knows Filip.
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Monika Isaksson:
Hello...?
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Bengt Lundman:
So you've also been
a blacksmith then?
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Monika Isaksson:
I certainly have...
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...for the last 18 years.
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Bengt Lundman:
I've no idea how many years
I've been at it...
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Monika Isaksson:
Did you work together,
you and Mickel?
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Bengt Lundman:
Now and again,
when a horse was really restive.
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Monika Isaksson:
When a horse was really restive, eh?
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What was he like?
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Bengt Lundman:
Much the same as anyone else.
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Some say he was disagreeable,
but that's not how I remember him.
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I thought he was happy all the time.
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Monika Isaksson:
We'll just have to see if I
can find him. I wonder where he is...
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Bengt Lundman:
I don't know.
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Monika Isaksson:
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My grandmother's house
is on the right here.
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There it is! It's that red one.
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There doesn't seem to be
anyone at home...
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A barn was up there, otherwise
everything is just the same.
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Nothing has changed...
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...nothing at all.
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Sometimes I felt like
going away for a while -
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-so I vanished into the forest.
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When it was time to come home,
Granny stood on the step, shouting.
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Sometimes I'd be lost, so I'd sit
on a stone until I heard her calling-
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-and then I'd walk towards
the sound of her voice.
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I still remember the verdure and the
soft light filtered through the trees-
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-and the freedom of the mountains:
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Feeling the rock under my feet and
knowing there is nobody for miles...
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Karin Köhler:
Here are some of the books I found-
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-about Jöns Paulus
Mickelsson-Hatta.
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Monika Isaksson:
-Jöns Paulus...?
Karin Köhler:
-He was your paternal grandfather.
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Monika Isaksson:
"The family of
Jöns Paulus Mickelsson-Hatta."
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"His wife Josefina F..."
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"Maiden name Skano."
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"Absconded.
Living in Svartlå."
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"Ten children."
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There should be an awful lot
of relatives in the area.
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-Hello. My name is Monika.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Hi. I'm Sven.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-it was a great surprise for me.>
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
That's the way it goes...
Are you well?
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Monika Isaksson:
Sure. Shall we sit down?
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
I saw Filip in Jokkmokk...
it must be 20 years ago now.
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He was handing in his pools coupon
to the newsagent.
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At the time
I couldn't remember who he was.
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Once he'd gone out I remembered:
"That was Filip, damn it!"
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I rushed out, but he'd gone.
Unfortunately...
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-When did you last see your father?
Monika Isaksson:
-I've never met him.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Your eyes resemble his.
Monika Isaksson:
-Really?
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
Both Aunt Greta and I
have tried to find him.
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He led a fairly restless life, however.
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He moved around and could appear
on your doorstep one morning.
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He'd be around for a few days and
then he was off somewhere again.
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He must have been happy
with his life.
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Talk about being free...
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<-and the generation before that. As>
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Matilda Burman:
There's the issue of
what being a Sami means.
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Monika Isaksson:
Am I a Sami?
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Matilda Burman:
I can't answer that for you.
Your own feelings have to guide you.
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You can't say that your father
was a Sami and you aren't.
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Of course you're a Sami!
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There are obligations as well
of course-
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-and expectations
about what you should know-
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-how you are to behave, what dress
to wear, what language to speak-
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-and whether you should speak
any of the Sami languages.
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There's also a sense of security-
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-in knowing who you are
and that so many are with you-
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-among your relatives
and within your family.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<"Well...he was," said my mother.>
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When you become a student-
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-you have to present yourself.
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There was talk about Samis
and it riled me.
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The law about hunting small game
had been changed, I think.
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Some very strange things
were said about the Sami people.
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Samis weren't mentioned
in the history books at all.
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This was only three or four years
ago. I thought it was disgraceful.
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They weren't mentioned once.
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Sweden's original inhabitants
were not in the textbooks.
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I thought it was time
to find out a few things.
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Elle Kuhmunen:
There it is!
Monika Isaksson:
Is the other one by him?
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Elle Kuhmunen:
Only that one, as far as I know.
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Elle Kuhmunen:
-Are you the person who...?
Monika Isaksson:
-My grandfather made it.
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"In the midst of his misery he made
reindeer of singular perfection."
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"He was a forest Sami. Reindeer
should have been his wealth."
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"He had lost almost everything,
but reindeer came from his hands."
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"They almost seemed alive and
helped Hatta through hard times."
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"His fortunes changed and his real
reindeer became a herd again."
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
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Ola Rokka:
-Hello. I'm Ola.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-I'm Sven. Are you Erik's son?
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Ola Rokka:
-Yes. Whose son are you?
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-I'm David's boy.
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Ola Rokka:
-You've grown!
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Yes, I'm a big boy now...
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Monika Isaksson:
-I'm Monika.
Ola Rokka:
-So you're Filip's daughter, are you?
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-So you've come home, eh?
Monika Isaksson:
-I've never been here before!
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Ola Rokka:
A reindeer herdsman lives here now.
His name is Persson.
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Let's have a look at the old hut
where your grandfather lived.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
I spent three or four years here with
my grandfather towards the end.
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There was a good path
in those days.
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It's all gone to rack and ruin.
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Monika Isaksson:
-It isn't very big.
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-No, this is all there is to it.
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Ola Rokka:
These huts are very basic.
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Monika Isaksson:
-How many of you lived here?
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Four or five. Six at the most.
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It was very nice when it was new.
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-It's amazing that it's still standing.
-He died more than 40 years ago.
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00:21:07:02
<-the water in the bucket was>
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
-Do you speak any Sami?
Sixten Pokka:
-Not any more.
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When I went to school
you weren't allowed to.
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You couldn't speak
Finnish or Sami-
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-so you forgot it.
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Ola Rokka:
There was a time when all Samis
concealed their identity.
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Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
It was frowned on. That was why
my father changed his name...
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...to Ottmalm
from Mickelsson-Hatta.
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00:22:15:06
00:22:16:22
00:22:21:08
00:22:21:12
00:22:27:03
00:22:27:21
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<-Samis were forced to drive to the>
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00:23:07:06
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The Samis aren't the only ones
to suffer in this way.
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There are the Indians, the Eskimos,
the Gypsies and others.
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They say nowadays, when you
listen to immigrants and so forth-
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-that if a group of people-
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-is to be itself
and find itself and acclimatise-
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-language is very important.
Without a language, you're nothing.
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I don't know how many Samis
can still speak Sami.
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Kine Boman:
-What kind of Sami do you speak?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-Luleå Sami.
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In my Sami village,
only my group can speak it.
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Monika Isaksson:
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<-who went log-rafting>
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Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
It's time to count them.
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00:25:06:02
Sit on top of it.
00:25:06:06
00:25:12:17
That's it. Don't let it take
all your weight. Hold the head up.
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Lasse Ericsson:
Now let's see how strong you are.
It's time to lift it up.
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Kine Boman:
-How heavy is it?
Lasse Ericsson:
-That one lying there...?
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It must weigh 65 kilos. That
includes the stomach and so on.
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We remove the skin, stomach,
liver, heart, tongue and head.
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00:25:57:10
That makes it 15 kilos lighter.
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00:26:05:24
You place them as if
they're lying in the forest.
00:26:06:03
00:26:10:24
Monika Isaksson:
-On their sides with the legs up?
Lasse Ericsson:
-As if they're lying in the forest.
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-We haven't bound their backs.
Monika Isaksson:
-What about this one's eye?
00:26:16:18
00:26:23:24
This one is blind in one eye. It's ill.
It's sure to close its eyelid.
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00:26:42:17
00:26:42:21
00:26:47:05
00:26:47:09
00:26:50:13
If you'd been here 30 years ago-
00:26:50:17
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-Siberian jays would have come
to inspect us.
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00:27:00:10
They came if they heard
conversation or a fire was lit.
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00:27:05:16
You don't see anything
in the forest any more.
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00:27:08:15
It's frightening really.
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00:27:15:16
Kine Boman:
-Why is that?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-It's the forestry industry!
00:27:15:20
00:27:18:17
They use a lot of sprays.
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00:27:22:05
Fertiliser isn't good for animals.
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00:27:29:00
Neither is the use of defoliants.
They are poisons that kill birches.
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00:27:36:15
Kine Boman:
-Why do they use sprays?
Seth-Ivan Ericsson:
-For rapid forest growth.
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00:27:42:04
Anything unwanted is killed. It
used to be removed with hand-axes.
00:28:04:21
00:28:10:20
00:28:10:24
00:28:15:22
00:28:17:02
00:28:24:13
Now we've lost the land
we used for winter pasture.
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00:28:30:06
There's been a legal ruling. We
can't use the land as winter pasture.
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00:28:34:09
We can only use the land
from May until November.
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00:28:42:05
The state or the forestry companies
use the law to destroy Sami villages.
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00:28:47:02
We can't pay the legal costs.
00:28:47:06
00:28:54:01
The Skattefjäll case cost three
or four million Kronor I believe.
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00:29:01:01
The justice of the powerful
will always prevail-
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00:29:04:16
-but that isn't always justice.
00:29:20:01
00:29:22:16
Monika Isaksson:
00:29:22:20
00:29:30:20
00:29:32:13
00:29:35:13
00:29:45:10
00:29:52:23
But I wonder
what happened to my father...
00:30:05:03
00:30:09:10
00:30:09:14
00:30:14:13
00:30:16:02
00:30:22:02
On the phone she said that she
hadn't seen Filip for a long time.
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00:30:27:13
But they grew up together, so she
should be able to say something-
00:30:27:17
00:30:32:18
-about what he's like and what
they've done and so on.
00:30:35:12
00:30:38:08
There's Aunt Greta...!
00:30:38:12
00:30:41:19
There she is...
00:30:45:16
00:30:48:23
-Hello.
Greta Persson-Hatta:
-I was about to phone.
00:30:49:02
00:30:54:01
I thought you must have got lost.
I wondered where you'd got to.
00:30:54:05
00:30:58:16
Arne! Come here, kitty...
00:30:58:20
00:31:01:13
Come on, cat!
00:31:11:11
00:31:14:11
There it is...
00:31:17:10
00:31:22:00
We're not the sort of people
who have to get on all the time-
00:31:22:04
00:31:27:13
-and be in touch all the time.
00:31:27:17
00:31:31:21
He came and he went and he...
00:31:33:13
00:31:37:02
They separated when I was young.
00:31:37:06
00:31:42:05
Some of the children were sent
to homes or were adopted.
00:31:42:09
00:31:46:15
I haven't been able to keep in touch
with all of them.
00:31:46:19
00:31:50:23
I still haven't a clue
where one of my sisters is.
00:31:51:02
00:31:55:19
Father lived up there.
Mother lived in Svartlå and Överäng.
00:31:55:23
00:32:00:18
We lived here and there,
round and about...
00:32:05:05
00:32:08:12
I've exhibited my paintings.
00:32:08:16
00:32:11:13
That one is hung
as high as possible.
00:32:11:17
00:32:16:05
People get to recognise that painting
and then they turn up.
00:32:16:09
00:32:20:20
That's half of me.
That's half my soul.
00:32:20:24
00:32:25:10
If I need help, I just touch it.
00:32:26:19
00:32:30:10
I never use any templates
or paint from life.
00:32:30:14
00:32:33:00
I just sit down and paint.
00:32:33:04
00:32:39:16
The result is usually trolls and forest
and little devils...no, not them!
00:32:39:20
00:32:42:22
I don't know why it should be trolls.
00:32:44:01
00:32:47:06
That's the MoDo troll.
00:32:47:10
00:32:52:08
That's the troll
that cuts everything down.
00:32:52:12
00:32:57:08
That's typical of them.
They sit up there grinning.
00:32:57:12
00:33:03:18
They think they've done a good job.
They've destroyed everything.
00:33:29:20
00:33:35:14
I haven't seen him for a long time.
It must be ten years now.
00:33:36:15
00:33:40:10
Filip is very kind really.
00:33:40:14
00:33:45:06
We resemble each other
in that respect.
00:33:45:10
00:33:50:02
We're a bit...odd.
00:33:50:06
00:33:53:15
But I don't mind being odd.
00:33:53:19
00:33:57:07
I don't care much any more.
00:33:59:21
00:34:04:05
Monika Isaksson:
00:34:06:15
00:34:10:23
People were very hospitable
at any rate.
00:34:11:21
00:34:15:14
What was it that Ola Rokka said?
00:34:15:18
00:34:23:12
He said that next time he met
the reindeer-owners and so forth-
00:34:23:16
00:34:28:04
-he could say that he'd met
Hatta's descendents-
00:34:28:08
00:34:33:05
-people who should really
be living around here.
00:34:33:09
00:34:36:08
You think about different paths...
00:34:36:12
00:34:40:15
Perhaps I might have lived there.
00:34:40:19
00:34:43:15
That's how it might have been.
00:35:13:10
00:35:18:18
I'll follow up the lead
that he might be in Gothenburg.
00:35:20:01
00:35:23:07
I'll phone the tax office again.
00:35:30:23
00:35:37:02
Hello. I'm trying to find
the address of someone.
00:35:37:06
00:35:40:20
Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
00:35:40:24
00:35:43:22
Could you repeat that?
00:35:44:01
00:35:48:15
<-Balzersgatan, number 10b.>
-Balzersgatan...okay.
00:35:55:14
00:36:01:01
It's almost amusing
to think that he's in Gothenburg.
00:36:05:16
00:36:12:04
I wonder why hasn't he got in touch
with his relatives in recent years.
00:36:12:08
00:36:17:22
They said that he often moved
from place to place, however...
00:36:20:20
00:36:25:21
I'll go there and see
if his name is on the door.
00:36:26:00
00:36:29:02
It's as simple as that.
00:36:36:12
00:36:42:22
It must be him. There can't be many
Filip Mickelsson-Hattas in Sweden.
00:36:43:01
00:36:46:21
Maybe he's dead.
Maybe it's an old address.
00:36:47:00
00:36:50:12
Maybe he's no longer alive.
00:36:53:15
00:36:56:19
Is it much further?
00:37:02:04
00:37:05:15
Let's see...
00:37:38:19
00:37:43:06
There's nobody by that name
at this address.
00:37:46:04
00:37:48:18
Nobody at all...
00:37:50:05
00:37:54:12
If he's no longer alive it would be
good to know that as well-
00:37:54:16
00:37:58:05
-and know where he is buried.
00:37:59:13
00:38:04:14
I didn't think people
could just disappear in Sweden.
00:38:25:21
00:38:30:21
00:38:31:00
00:38:33:23
00:38:44:12
00:38:50:14
00:38:57:12
00:39:02:10
00:39:02:14
00:39:10:07
He rang from the north of Sweden
to say he was moving from his flat.
00:39:10:11
00:39:17:03
His landlady wanted it in writing.
He said: "I'm not near a letter-box."
00:39:17:07
00:39:21:13
"I'll write as soon as I am."
00:39:21:17
00:39:26:21
A letter came from Rödingsträsk-
00:39:27:00
00:39:30:07
-in which he gave notice.
00:39:30:11
00:39:34:15
I'm looking for a man called
Filip Mickelsson-Hatta.
00:39:34:19
00:39:37:23
He's meant to be living in Urstjärn.
00:39:38:02
00:39:44:19
Really?! I'm his daughter!
I'm looking for him...
00:39:44:23
00:39:51:24
He'll get in touch with him tomorrow
and ask him to ring me.
00:40:06:01
00:40:09:04
A new message...
00:40:31:23
00:40:35:17
That was my father
on the answering service.
00:40:35:21
00:40:39:21
He said he'd ring again later today.
00:40:42:06
00:40:44:24
My card is empty.
00:40:45:03
00:40:50:18
There's another message,
but I can't listen to it.
00:40:52:00
00:40:56:16
He must have phoned this morning.
00:40:56:20
00:41:00:04
He said his name was Mickelsson.
00:41:00:08
00:41:04:02
It was an old man's voice,
so it must have been my father.
00:41:09:21
00:41:13:06
Hello! I'm Monika Isaksson.
00:41:15:15
00:41:18:24
I've been looking for you.
00:41:19:03
00:41:23:17
Yes...yes...
00:41:23:21
00:41:29:12
It sounds like I've found
the right person all right.
00:41:29:16
00:41:35:17
I thought I'd find you in the north
of Sweden, but it wasn't so easy.
00:41:35:21
00:41:38:02
Yes...
00:41:38:06
00:41:43:01
00:41:43:05
00:41:48:05
00:41:59:20
00:42:07:17
Matilda Burman:
00:42:12:21
00:42:15:08
00:42:15:12
00:42:18:23
Sven Ottmalm-Hatta:
00:42:24:00
00:42:27:24
Bengt Lundman:
00:42:28:03
00:42:32:20
00:42:32:24
00:42:36:10
Greta Persson-Hatta:
00:43:00:04
00:43:04:14
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
I've raced around
and been pretty foolhardy.
00:43:04:18
00:43:08:09
I've been all right
wherever I ended up though.
00:43:08:13
00:43:11:12
Things always work out.
00:43:17:15
00:43:24:15
So you want to look at this fellow
who happens to be your father, eh?
00:43:24:19
00:43:28:07
-That could be interesting.
Monika Isaksson:
-I think so.
00:43:28:11
00:43:31:18
Well, that will do to start with.
00:43:31:22
00:43:35:14
Our acquaintance won't harm us.
00:43:35:18
00:43:43:04
We can get to know each other and
help each other out if that's possible.
00:43:43:08
00:43:49:19
If I make a few million before I die,
I can give the money away.
00:43:51:07
00:43:56:05
Monika Isaksson:
-There's no need for that, Filip.
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Don't say that!
00:43:56:09
00:44:00:05
Millions can be good to have
in your old age.
00:44:00:09
00:44:03:17
If nothing else
you can be mischievous-
00:44:03:21
00:44:08:19
-and travel around the world
throwing the money in the air.
00:44:10:04
00:44:15:05
I have very firm opinions on the
subject, since my parents divorced.
00:44:15:09
00:44:22:02
I know it's not good to pull children
in different directions.
00:44:22:06
00:44:27:01
That's not healthy. It's better
to let them go their own way.
00:44:27:05
00:44:30:13
Your mother was very capable.
00:44:30:17
00:44:34:10
I was pretty sure she could cope.
00:44:34:14
00:44:39:10
I expect you all managed quite well
once I'd left you.
00:44:47:00
00:44:52:14
Monika Isaksson:
00:44:55:17
00:45:00:05
00:45:00:09
00:45:04:03
00:45:12:00
00:45:16:07
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
00:45:16:11
00:45:22:05
00:45:27:02
00:45:31:14
I was seven years old when I was
sent off to be a child slave.
00:45:31:18
00:45:35:14
I was given three sandwiches-
00:45:35:18
00:45:40:10
-to last me the three days
the train took to get to Dalsland.
00:45:40:14
00:45:45:11
I was given lots of work to do.
I had to get up early.
00:45:45:15
00:45:50:04
Before I went to school
at the age of eight-
00:45:50:08
00:45:52:21
-I had to milk four cows.
00:45:53:00
00:45:58:18
I slaved away until I was 15,
nearly 16.
00:45:58:22
00:46:03:03
Then I went up north
to work with reindeer.
00:46:03:07
00:46:09:09
The other children
were 16, 17 and 18.
00:46:09:13
00:46:12:09
They stayed up here.
00:46:12:13
00:46:18:11
They survived, but they were
harassed and tormented.
00:46:18:15
00:46:23:03
They were Samis,
so they had to be exterminated.
00:46:23:07
00:46:27:22
They weren't to have things their
way in the north of Sweden.
00:46:28:01
00:46:32:03
Theyexterminate
the Samis, however.
00:46:32:07
00:46:35:04
They would have if they could.
00:46:40:17
00:46:44:05
Monika Isaksson:
He had made preparations
for our visit-
00:46:44:09
00:46:49:05
-even though his living conditions
are primitive.
00:46:49:09
00:46:53:05
He must have thought we might
spend the night-
00:46:53:09
00:46:56:09
-because he had washed the sheets.
00:46:56:13
00:47:01:05
That's not so easy without
a washing machine or water indoors.
00:47:09:14
00:47:14:13
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Life is really something
up here in the forest!
00:47:14:17
00:47:20:13
Monika Isaksson:
Aren't you going to put
any gloves on your hands?
00:47:20:17
00:47:25:12
I don't feel the cold.
I can walk around naked.
00:47:25:16
00:47:32:15
After a sauna I can roll in the snow
for half an hour.
00:47:36:08
00:47:41:24
It's some way
along a straight section-
00:47:42:03
00:47:46:24
-on the road to Rödingsträsk.
00:47:47:03
00:47:51:22
The spring is on the left over there.
00:47:53:06
00:47:57:13
-There's the hole.
Grannen:
-Is it here?
00:48:02:20
00:48:06:18
Grannen:
-Don't fall in.
-There's snow around the edge.
00:48:06:22
00:48:10:20
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
If I fall in, it won't matter.
00:48:10:24
00:48:14:17
Grannen:
-It would be pretty cold if you did.
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Is that right?
00:48:17:06
00:48:23:20
People from Gothenburg who sit
around in flats find this terrifying!
00:48:24:23
00:48:29:23
-It's quite an adventure.
Grannen:
-I was 14 when I first came here.
00:48:33:04
00:48:37:14
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
How many elk have you shot?
00:48:37:18
00:48:41:15
How many elk have you shot
around here?
00:48:41:19
00:48:44:15
Grannen:
Quite a few.
00:48:44:19
00:48:50:06
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
If you go back to the old ways,
of course you can get by.
00:48:50:10
00:48:56:14
I think it's a healthier and better life
than yours in Gothenburg.
00:48:56:18
00:48:59:12
I'm certain of it.
00:48:59:16
00:49:04:00
The way I fetch water
might seem like a hardship to you-
00:49:04:04
00:49:08:07
-but there's nothing to it.
00:49:08:11
00:49:15:07
Fetching water from the river is
a trifle for me. For you it's awful.
00:49:15:11
00:49:21:23
"It's disgraceful that the poor old
fellow has to fetch water!"
00:49:22:02
00:49:28:02
Monika Isaksson:
It's time-consuming at any rate.
00:49:28:06
00:49:32:07
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Time, time...it's all relative.
00:49:32:11
00:49:38:02
I think I've got more time
than you have down south.
00:49:38:06
00:49:44:08
You can sit and rub your bum
on a chair for hours.
00:49:45:17
00:49:53:09
You sit on the sofa, watch TV,
smoke and have coffee and cakes.
00:49:53:13
00:49:56:09
I can fetch water instead.
00:50:03:05
00:50:08:04
People have some strange ideas
about getting old.
00:50:10:06
00:50:14:04
When you're 80,
you're supposed to be lying in bed-
00:50:14:08
00:50:18:23
-and whining and complaining
and moaning.
00:50:22:15
00:50:25:08
That will have to do, damn it!
00:50:43:20
00:50:47:02
I was working in Sönderbyn-
00:50:47:06
00:50:51:03
-on a tug-boat
that sailed up and down the coast.
00:50:51:07
00:50:57:11
We'd pick up the logs that had
drifted away from the rafts.
00:50:58:15
00:51:02:21
The others had boots and gym shoes.
00:51:03:00
00:51:08:21
My balance was so good that I used
wooden clogs. They were excellent.
00:51:09:00
00:51:15:03
If they fell off, they floated. That
meant you could find them again!
00:51:27:07
00:51:31:20
-Where did she go?
Hans-Olof Utsi:
-She went to the privy.
00:51:33:07
00:51:36:08
You found it, did you?
00:51:36:12
00:51:41:18
Here's the lamp. That way
you needn't be afraid of the dark.
00:51:41:22
00:51:45:10
You can take the lamp with you.
00:51:56:24
00:51:59:12
How old did you say the girl is? 17?
00:51:59:16
00:52:02:21
Monika Isaksson:
She's 18.
00:52:03:00
00:52:06:02
She must have a suitor, I suppose.
00:52:06:06
00:52:10:09
Monika Isaksson:
She lives together with a guy
and goes to school.
00:52:10:13
00:52:14:04
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Do they get on well?
Monika Isaksson:
-Yes.
00:52:15:16
00:52:19:16
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-They don't quarrel, do they?
Monika Isaksson:
-Well, I think not...
00:52:19:20
00:52:22:16
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
I bet they do!
00:52:51:12
00:52:54:10
Are you going to take a photo of us?
00:52:54:14
00:52:57:12
Kine Boman:
I thought I might.
00:52:57:16
00:53:01:19
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Then we'd better sit here
and embrace.
00:53:01:23
00:53:06:11
That will be something
for your daughter too.
00:53:12:02
00:53:16:20
Monika Isaksson:
Today he had done the washing-up
and put cups on the table.
00:53:16:24
00:53:22:08
He put out a little ashtray for me,
since I smoke.
00:53:22:12
00:53:26:21
He'd been to the shop
and bought cigarillos.
00:53:27:00
00:53:32:02
I don't think he approves of
cigarettes: they cause cancer.
00:53:32:06
00:53:34:23
I'm very fond of cigarillos...
00:53:36:05
00:53:43:02
Monika Isaksson:
You don't think I'm a lady, though
you said that I looked like one.
00:53:43:06
00:53:50:05
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
On that photo you gave me
you look like an English lord.
00:53:50:09
00:53:55:19
Monika Isaksson:
-An EnglishBut...
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Haven't you seen them?
00:53:55:23
00:53:58:23
When they sit in judgement-
00:53:59:02
00:54:02:22
-they wear a long wig
reaching to the shoulders.
00:54:03:01
00:54:07:20
Monika Isaksson:
-Have you got the stamp?
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-I think so.
00:54:07:24
00:54:12:05
Monika Isaksson:
I think it's in my wallet.
00:54:12:09
00:54:17:11
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Do you mean the stamp withon
it? I couldn't care less about that!
00:54:17:15
00:54:20:21
I think it was meant to represent-
00:54:21:00
00:54:26:10
-and personify the worker:
00:54:26:14
00:54:30:14
Coarse, powerful and energetic.
00:54:30:18
00:54:37:15
The Social Democrat newspaper
in the north praised me to the skies.
00:54:37:19
00:54:43:13
The trade union rags wrote
a lot of extravagant stuff.
00:54:43:17
00:54:48:11
I was supposed
to be incredibly good at my work.
00:54:50:23
00:54:56:01
Maybe Igood,
but not as good as they said I was.
00:54:57:09
00:55:00:20
Monika Isaksson:
00:55:00:24
00:55:04:12
It's hard to sum it all up.
00:55:04:16
00:55:07:15
Even if he hadn't been my father-
00:55:07:19
00:55:12:01
-meeting a man like that
is a real experience.
00:55:13:17
00:55:17:20
As for everything he said...
00:55:17:24
00:55:23:01
Well, I can't say that I see
everything the same way...
00:55:25:18
00:55:29:08
But I think
you just have to let it pass.
00:55:36:13
00:55:42:05
Monika Isaksson:
-Do you have my phone number?
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Yes, I've written it down.
00:55:42:09
00:55:45:00
Monika Isaksson:
And you've got my address?
00:55:45:04
00:55:49:12
Let me give you a hug before I go.
00:55:49:16
00:55:55:13
So long. Look after yourself,
stay warm and make sure you eat.
00:55:56:20
00:56:00:01
Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Look after yourself!
00:56:35:00
00:56:40:15
Monika Isaksson:
He rings now and again.
His phone is hardly ever on-
00:56:40:19
00:56:46:05
-so you can't ring him.
He's the one who gets in touch.
00:56:48:12
00:56:53:16
He sent two Christmas presents:
one for me and one for my daughter.
00:56:53:20
00:56:57:02
It's a miniature divination drum.
00:56:57:06
00:57:03:17
This is the handle. You beat it
with a drumstick, like this.
00:57:03:21
00:57:11:08
It is used by Sami shamans
to invoke gods and spirits.
00:57:11:12
00:57:15:09
My initials are engraved in it.
00:57:15:13
00:57:21:00
There's an incantation to go with it,
which he gave me.
00:57:21:04
00:57:25:11
It's not to be recited in public,
because then it doesn't work.
00:57:25:15
00:57:31:21
He told me to rub the drum and say
the incantation to get what I want.
00:57:42:13
00:57:47:13
There is a UN convention on
the rights of indigenous peoples.
00:57:47:17
00:57:53:00
The culture, environment and land
of such peoples must be protected.
00:57:53:04
00:57:58:15
The land of indigenous peoples
is important for their culture.
00:57:58:19
00:58:04:18
The indigenous people themselves
must decide on their future.
00:58:06:05
00:58:11:20
By 1997, 14 countries, including
Norway and Denmark had signed it.
00:58:11:24
00:58:19:02
Sweden has not accepted the UN
Convention on indigenous rights.
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English subtitles by Alan Rees
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Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
-Are you recording all this?
Hans-Olof Utsi:
-I'm filming away.
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Philip Mickelsson-Hatta:
Good grief!
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You rascal! That's not allowed...