HERDSWOMAN - TC Script - English – with Screen Text
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For thousands of years
the indigenous Sami have inhabited
Sápmi (Lapland) in the very north of Europe.
Reindeer husbandry is a traditional Sami industry
which has been pushed aside
in the process of colonising Sápmi.
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Today reindeer herding is under threat by legal action.
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It’s about life - a way of living.
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We are vulnerable now
and these are very trying times, mentally.
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We feel that reindeer keeping
has its own value. It’s not just economy.
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The end of reindeer keeping
could be the end of the whole culture.
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As for the evidence,
I think we have a strong case.
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But I fear
there are too many interests involved-
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-for us to win.
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There is something
that is difficult to explain.
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Why is one
so attached to the reindeer-
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-and the life one leads?
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We must go inside
and work. There is too much sun here.
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-Are you done raking?
-No.
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I wasn’t brought up with reindeer
herding. My parents had other jobs.
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I had to learn this after I met him.
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-How about some coffee?
-Coffee is all I need to survive!
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I got a little experience
in the summer. Dad had a few reindeer
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We were in the hills a lot with relatives.
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When I met him,
I thought let’s do it for a year or so.
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Then I saw it was fun,
it was interesting, and I carried on.
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I suppose I devoted my life to it.
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I think I’ll have to
put more wood in the stove.
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Sometimes it feels as though one
doesn’t even live in the same era.
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At my age one has been
through some very big changes.
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I was born into a reindeer keeping family.
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They took me along
since I was a little child.
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So that’s how I learned everything.
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I was with them all the time.
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As soon as
you were old enough to move about-
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-you started working,
rounding up the reindeer.
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That’s been my whole life.
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I haven’t really done anything else.
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I studied to be a P.E. teacher.
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I wanted to be at home,
because Dad was getting older-
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-and I wanted
to learn as much as possible-
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-even if I wasn’t
going to become a reindeer keeper.
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I went on studying-
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-but I was here with my Dad
and the reindeer in my spare time.
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I didn’t really do
branding, sorting and round-up as a child.
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Not regularly.
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Not until I was older...
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from the age of 10-12.
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I haven’t had a Dad who...
I don’t think I am the only one...
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He hasn't told me what to do and how.
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You watch and learn.
That’s what it is about.
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In July all Sami communities
move to their summer areas.
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That’s when the calves are branded.
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Before the end of July
branding is completed.
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Now let’s go.
Now more people are needed.
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Come and stand here. Come here!
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Come here! In a row!
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Half the blokes seem to have given up.
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-257?
-I’ve never seen that one.
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Take the 257 here!
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249...
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Here in Sirges
one can’t live on just reindeer keeping.
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You really
need a side-line - like fishing.
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One looks after the reindeer
and the other works with something else.
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-Are they still doing the lists?
-Yes.
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You can't go on holiday
or travel abroad, as others do.
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It is a choice you make.
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It means you value other things instead.
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-Are you alright?
-Yes.
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How is your arm?
I meant to write to you and ask about it.
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Reindeer herding shapes…
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Öthe whole life around you.
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A herdsman doesn’t work
nine-to-five and then goes home.
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That’s in your blood.
It’s the pulse of your whole existence.
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Anders, go from this side!
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Get him!
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Jump him!
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Miss, miss, miss.
That’s what that was.
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It’s a lifestyle with traditions.
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But it is also a livelihood,
and we have difficult times now-
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-when we experience
being pushed out of certain areas-
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-and that our rights are questioned.
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October 18, 2005.
The Nordmaling case is opened.
The lawsuit concerns the right of Sami communities
to winter grazing lands for their reindeer.
If the reindeer keepers lose, the future
of reindeer herding is at risk.
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7 years ago 100 landowners brought
suit against three Sami communities.
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They claim there are no documents
supporting the right to reindeer pasture.
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The Sami are claiming immemorial rights.
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The land has been used so long
that a right has been established.
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It started 10 years ago.
Since then we have worked-
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-on collecting evidence.
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It has been an enormous amount of
work and cost for the Sami communities.
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If we lose, others will face the risk
of getting their rights questioned.
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This affects all Sami communities.
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But let’s hope
we are successful in court.
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I just missed him.
But a miss is as good as a mile.
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Nearly got him again!
But now is my chance to show off.
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Bloody hell! Oops, did I say that out
loud? Hope you didn’t hear that...
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129!
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347!
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Yes, that’s my calf.
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That’s my mark.
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I know a bot...
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A silly song I can’t get out of my head.
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"The bot Anna"...
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Awful song.
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The potatoes are peeled
so we put them here.
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The bot, the bot Anna...
-Put this in the freezer!
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Did you say something? What did you say?
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-Put this in the freezer!
-Yes, I must put it in before it thaws.
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-Aren’t we going to eat this?
Is it bilberries? -Yes.
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-Let’s eat a few bilberries.
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Why didn’t we pick bilberries?
We must eat some bilberries.
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"Why didn’t we pick bilberries?
We must eat bilberries."
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I am not the same Lisa
I used to be before the 28 January 2003.
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Something is different,
though I can’t really say what it is.
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We had a corral where we lived before.
We were on our way there.
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Another car overtook...
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And then...we crashed.
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I...was...
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Öunconscious, in a coma, for a month.
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I remember a few things,
but some of it I was told afterwards.
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I have no memory of the half year
before, or maybe a little longer.
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Dad got more
handicapped than me after the accident.
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I have injuries and so has he-
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-but then he is older than me.
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So, of course,
one wonders what one is going to do.
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I want to get well first of all-
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-and get my strength back.
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I have been very strong-willed, didn’t
always listen when the body said no.
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But experience has taught me now
that it’s difficult to set a time.
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Because my body
and my mental recovery make the decisions.
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But I don’t want
to give up reindeer herding.
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Tina! Here is a job for you.
Put water in the kettle.
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Now we’ll make blood dumplings.
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How about the kettle? Is it boiling?
-Yes.
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-Is it beginning to boil?
-Yes.
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You go and cut up
the pork while I do this.
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-Where is it? In there?
-Yes, in there.
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How do we get the men home for dinner?
They went off to the village.
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Moving between
summer and winter pasture is-
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-rooted in people’s souls.
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The reindeer
have this migration behaviour.
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We humans who have always lived near
the reindeer share this behaviour.
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When autumn comes and winter,
we want to move to the winter areas.
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One can’t really imagine
living in ONE place only-
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-when one has been used to moving.
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The whole family
came along up to the hills in summer-
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-and down to the forests in winter.
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One moved
with the herd from village to village.
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One only went to school
for 6 years. We lived at the Sami school.
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Us children.
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One doesn’t remember what size they were.
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But quite a few children could
sit in them around the fire and write...
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...and sleep and eat.
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Sometimes all the smoke stung the eyes...
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...but that was
how the Sami lived in the old days.
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There are people today who believe
that we still live in these cots.
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Elisabeth has been away this whole week.
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Left on Thursday, back on Friday,
then she went off for the round-up.
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It takes 3-4 hours to get thereñ
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-so perhaps she’ll come home tomorrow.
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Now it's time to go to bed.
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Do you know what time it is?
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-I don't want to go to bed.
-It is past ten o'clock.
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See the clock!
I will go to bed now.
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-I won't.
-You won't? What will you do?
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-Now I shall go to bed.
-Tuck me in!
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You don't have to tuck me in!
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Good night!
Now you have very good light!
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-Do you know where my bookmark is?
-Yes...
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Have they been
in those clothes the whole week?
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We haven’t done so much,
so they can’t have got all that dirty.
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-Did you get wet?
-No. -Hi!
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Hello!
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Shall we cook fish?
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How many reindeer
did I have the day before yesterday?
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I don’t remember. Was it one?
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-How many did I have the day before?
-One, I think.
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You have three reindeer.
It was as well you didn’t come along.
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I was freezing out there.
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You didn’t have enough clothes.
You said so yourself.
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-I thought you’d fly.
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I know I had an album somewhere.
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This is me when I was young.
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This was when I got married.
You had a veil in those days.
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I was 21 when I got married.
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He was a handsome fellow.
Yes, he certainly was.
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His name was Anund.
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We were always together.
We worked with the reindeer both of us.
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It wasn’t easy to fit everything in.
We also had five children, after all.
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When the children needed looking
after I wasn’t out so much, of course.
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Moving the herd was difficult in those
days. But then you did it in stages.
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How far you got in a day
depended a lot on the snow conditions.
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Our parents had
a very important part in it.
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They often helped
looking after the children.
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Every generation had
their own duties in reindeer husbandry.
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Until 1971-
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-the Lapp Sheriff was in charge.
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He looked after the affairs
of the Sami communities in those days.
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He decided everything.
So we were practically under guardianship.
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The Sami were alleged to be incapable
of looking after their own affairs.
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That is the reason why they weren’t
free to dispose of their land.
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It was devastating.
If they had let us act ourselves then-
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-perhaps there wouldn’t be
the disputes we have today-
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-about who disposes of the land,
and what rights and powers are involved.
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We think it would
be extraordinary if we lose in court.
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If you have common law rights,
you have the legal right to use the land.
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But this customary right
is what has been questioned.
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These rights have been established
through the history of our people-
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-who have used this land.
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That customary right is confirmed by law.
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And we Sami know that there has
always been reindeer herding here.
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We know it for a fact.
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The UN have repeatedly criticised Sweden
for disregarding customary Sami law and
for failure to recognise their right to land and water.
For nearly 20 years Sweden has referred to
ongoing investigations and committees.
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It is difficult to produce evidence.
The Sami have an oral tradition.
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Those who could
tell about the life 100 years ago...
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They’re all dead.
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And indigenous peoples
don’t often leave documents to posterity.
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It could encourage others
who might want to sue reindeer keepers.
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And if this goes on,
it could come to a sad end.
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Lawsuits may be raised at other places.
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You may hear from "friends"-
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-who took the car-
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up to T‰rnaby to ski.
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Then they phone and say:
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"Dammit...
there were masses of reindeer there."
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"Can’t you get them off the bloody road?"
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There are even those who say:
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"I’d have liked to just step on it"-
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-"to get as many as possible,
but I didn’t want to scratch the paint."
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That sort of stupidity...
I suppose I say stupid things too.
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I mean, there are always
people whom that animal belongs to.
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I’ve never heard anybody say:
"There was a bloody elk on the road."
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"I got such an urge to hit it!"
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My Dad is a native Sami, reindeer keeper.
My mother is from the South.
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And I am somewhere in between.
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That’s two different worlds
that can meet. Mum and Dad did after all.
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I have compared it
to a couple of soap bubbles.
229
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Soap bubbles are beautiful. These worlds
are beautiful. They have many colours.
230
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Two soap bubbles can meet and join.
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But they don’t become one soap bubble.
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Look carefully and you will see
there is still a thin wall between them.
233
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But the soap bubbles
can fly away, and still be beautiful.
234
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I think I want to work with the reindeer.
235
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I want to, but...
236
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These uncertain years of convalescence-
237
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-I shall be needing help to get back.
238
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People often judge from appearance-
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-and I haven’t really got visible injuries.
240
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So they say: "What do you do now?
241
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"Do you work? You look well!"
Though I don't feel well at all.
242
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To live here and now has become
even more important since the accident.
243
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On the first day
we sort out the bulls for slaughtering.
244
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We take them through a corral alley
to where they are slaughtered.
245
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Pull it a bit closer.
246
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Karin can take blood
from this one. Where is she?
247
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It’s like any other business.
248
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You are self-employed
and sell your goods, mainly reindeer meat.
249
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Slaughtering has been developed
to get the meat out on the market.
250
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So that is
the main sector of the business.
251
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The economy isn’t such-
252
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-that it can support
a whole family as it used to.
253
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:10,720
It was the change
from natural to money economy-
254
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-where one needs all sorts of things.
255
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Motorisation has made it
more difficult for women.
256
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We just don’t have
the same physical strength.
257
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So now it is more
male-dominated than it used to be.
258
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Of course there are situations-
259
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-when you feel your limits,
since you aren’t as strong physically.
260
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You can’t drive your snow mobile
like some men, who are stronger.
261
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I need a spade in case I get stuck.
My husband can just drive off.
262
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It's all about your attitude.
263
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One is influenced by people’s attitude.
264
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If there isn't a good example-
265
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-someone who shows you
that things can be done.
266
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You need somebody like that
to pave the way, to show it is possible.
267
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-Is that Dad’s mark?
-Feel it!
268
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Nothing. That’s no mark.
269
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-Here are two ears.
-No, no.
270
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-Now feel what mark it is.
-It’s like this...
271
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-What’s that?
-Skivnnje.
272
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-I want to try it on an orange peel.
-Sanna can mark her calf skin.
273
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Hold tight! Then cut like this.
274
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Towards the thumb, but don’t cut yourself.
275
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-This doesn’t work.
-It’s not so easy the first time.
276
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-And this must be straight.
-But I can’t.
277
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Don’t be afraid
to cut deep. You are doing quite well!
278
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Here you got a little edge.
Adjust it a little.
279
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Only a little, or it looks like a sk·rjj·-
280
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-and that isn’t quite our proper mark.
281
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There you are. Now it’s yours.
282
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The first time! Next time will be better.
283
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-I’ll go and get the staple gun.
-Yes.
284
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:17,960
At least this one stayed put.
It didn’t wriggle about!
285
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:47,200
The fish flight comes
every other day. I leave at five o’clock.
286
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:55,320
It comes around
one o’clock. You have to be done by then.
287
00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:01,200
A small catch
doesn’t take long, but a big one...
288
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Sometimes it takes ten hours. If the flight
comes that day you don't need snow.
289
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If they are for the next day
you put snow on the fish.
290
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:23,160
When the work is done,
you cook fish, and round off with a nap.
291
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:39,080
It is a mans job
to advise the wife while she’s baking!
292
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:43,520
The adviser could go out and make a fire.
293
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:49,400
-There is a fire there already.
-No. Can you see smoke?
294
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There is a fire there.
295
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I can go, but there is a fire already.
296
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:08,160
When he is in his best mood
he might even help with the baking.
297
00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:15,080
-The question is: what’s in it for me?
-Better bread.
298
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Hurry up now!
299
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-That one is a bit burnt!
-And this one is pale.
300
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What a dream team we are!
301
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:36,040
This is antiparasite stuff.
302
00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:42,920
It is effective in stopping
the development of warble flies.
303
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We inject all the reindeer.
304
00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:02,820
They need to be fit
when they get their calves.
305
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:17,440
Now they are off
to ≈msele for winter grazing.
306
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:26,000
Somebody needs to stand there!
307
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:33,200
We usually split up
into six winter groups.
308
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Each family move to the area
where they traditionally spend the winter.
309
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:46,080
Noo! Stubborn pigheads!
310
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This is a migrating trail.
311
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Here is the old reindeer route.
Four trails have been cut off-
312
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-by this opencast mine.
313
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:39,120
Many mines are knocking on
the door, a lot of prospecting going on.
314
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We must find solutions.
315
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,000
There will have to
be compromises I suppose.
316
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:53,440
I don’t think there will ever be
a solution to satisfy everybody.
317
00:46:53,600 --> 00:47:00,480
Well, I don’t know.
It is not easy to describe one’s feelings.
318
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,640
It feels frustrating.
319
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:16,680
There is no denying
that one somehow feels hurt inside.
320
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:21,000
It does hurt.
321
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:26,400
And I believe the soil hurts as well.
322
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Reindeer keeping
has always met obstacles that limit its-
323
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-natural existence.
324
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:11,360
But now we are
beginning to get so many obstacles-
325
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-that it becomes so very concrete.
326
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:31,000
In today’s society…
327
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:40,580
To be honest, with the current politics
and the way society is developing-
328
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,740
-there is no future in reindeer keeping.
329
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:48,840
The reindeer need to graze in winter.
330
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In summer we are in the hills.
Then we can almost relax.
331
00:49:55,600 --> 00:50:01,780
It’s not so difficult
finding grazing land then.
332
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:19,880
There have always been
minor conflicts about fields and crops.
333
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:26,760
But I suppose
as welfare increases so do the conflicts.
334
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:32,920
People’s demands grow all the time.
335
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:40,160
I guess that’s what is behind it.
We have a lot, so we want more.
336
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:45,040
We are used to high standards.
337
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While we are doing well, we aren’t
as prepared for hardships either.
337.1
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January 20, 2006.
Judgement is passed in the Nordmaling case.
338
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Today we’ll get the judgement.
339
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:23,040
I do hope it will be positive for meÖ
340
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Öand for my people.
341
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,660
But I fear it will be negative.
342
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:42,600
Perhaps it is
the Sami’s turn to win a case for once.
343
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:49,880
Perhaps they’ll accept
that Sami may have rights too.
344
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:57,480
I didn’t enjoy
the time up to this court case.
345
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It’s been tiresome, mentally.
346
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:15,400
If you look
at the evidence we have produced-
347
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:20,280
-that shows that we have been
using the land, it's a strong case.
348
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:27,720
But I fear
there are too many interests involved-
349
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-for us to win.
350
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,680
YES!
351
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:07,080
I knew it!
352
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:24,800
Yes, I am overwhelmed.
353
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:28,600
Call it shocked for joy!
354
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:34,780
I always believed
they can’t take our history away from us.
355
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:40,680
So now we must
hope that the legal system works.
356
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:44,240
-Who are you phoning?
-I’m phoning Dad.
357
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:50,080
Hey, we won!
358
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:54,440
Yes we did. We won!
359
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:23,200
Your own will
does make a lot of difference.
360
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:30,420
Even if you don’t feel strong,
a strong will is powerful.
361
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:35,700
If you are determined, you will make it.
362
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:44,720
There is an inner driving force.
Even when things are difficult.
363
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And there will always be obstacles.
364
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:52,280
But somehow one still gets on with it.
365
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:57,360
And the young ones
don’t seem to give up easily either.
366
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,920
One doesn’t throw in the towel so easily.
367
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:11,280
Your identity may be questioned
and you may get hurt a lot...
368
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:19,640
-but when it regards your existence
everybody has that driving force.
369
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:27,920
First you want
to hide in a hole and do nothingñ
370
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-because it’s such a drag.
But then I think you grit your teeth.
371
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,360
Because it’s in your bones...
372
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It’s your identity.
372.1
SCREEN TEXT 00:55:47,010 --> 00:56:01,100
In 1989 the UN organisation ILO adopted
Convention No. 169 on indigenous peoples’ rights.
The Convention has not yet been ratified by Sweden.
372.2
SCREEN TEXT 00:56:01,110 --> 00:56:11,080
Never before have the Swedish Sami
won a similar court case.
The struggle for indigenous rights continues.