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)
Sámi poet
QUOTE CONTEXT: “…grouse laughed, the geese flew, the cloudberry ripened. If a part of these heights becomes water the air breathes in the north”
QUOTE QUESTION: What gifts have the sun and the earth given to your people?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Today, Valkeapää would have reached the age of 75. We remember him today with his own text.”
IMAGE QUESTION: What gifts from the earth did you hold as a child?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a poem and the image is from a friend’s Facebook post.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do poetry and family memories help you to resist and survive?
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