“The roots are where it starts… Sun, moon, land, animals are important… I am not the main thing here, the human.”
Ursula Länsman (oor-soo-lah lahnz-man), Inari Sami reindeer herder
Life was fond of us. The sun in heaven’s space and the earth sought in its arms gifts. The reindeer roamed, the salmon climbed.”
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (neels-ah-slock fahl-kay-ah-pah), Sami poet
“The river cannot be separated from the families, and the families cannot be separated from the salmon.”
Pauliina Feodoroff (pow-leen-nah fee-oh-door-off), President of the Skolt Sámi Nation Council
“My grandfather knew the soul of salmon.”
Vladimir Feodoroff (vlad-ee-meer fee-oh-door-off), Skolt Sami fisherman