“It’s as if our history has been deleted because, when we go to a museum, there are rock paintings but it does not say that they are by the Sami. ”
Tuomas Aslak Juuso (too-oh-mahss as-lack joo-so), Vice-President of the Sami Parliament
“The Sami have no obligation whatsoever to explain every root and branch of our culture in order to justify our demand to be taken seriously.”
Petra Laiti (peh-trah leye-tee), Chairperson of the Sami youth organization
“We have always been forced to defend our rights. We refuse to look away while the Finnish state tramples on the rights of our people.”
Jussa Seurujärvi (juh-sah soor-ah-jog-ghee), Sami reindeer herder
“We live in a society where resistance takes place every day. It’s not anything new for us, and this railroad plan is not the first thing we must take a stand against.”
Petra-Biret Magga-Vars (peh-trah-beye-ret ma-gah-vahrs), Sami reindeer-herder