Jussa Seurujärvi (juh-sah soor-ah-jog-ghee)
Sámi reindeer-herder
IMAGE SOURCE: Uncredited. “Cutting through this forest means destroying our past, our future, and our identity.” Greenpeace. 28 Feb. 2019. | QUOTE SOURCE: Jussa Seurujärvi . “Cutting through this forest means destroying our past, our future, and our identity.” Greenpeace. 28 Feb. 2019.
QUOTE CONTEXT: ”A proposed plan for the Arctic railway would cut through our pasture, spoiling our forest, our fresh water supply and destroying our past, our future, and our identity.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What rights have your people had to defend?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Jussa Seurujärvi, Sámi reindeer herder from Muddusjärvi, Inari municipality, holds a banner reading in Finnish “No Arctic railway”.
IMAGE QUESTION: What does your banner say?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The text and photo are from an article by Jussa posted on the Greenpeace website.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What strategic partnerships help your people communicate to the world?
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