SAMI NATIONAL DAY

...and the sami flag waves all over Norway.

The first time Sami National Day was celebrated was in 1993.

Sami people live in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Listen to the Norwegian Sami artist Mari Boine.

Not long ago I discovered that both my grandparents were Sami. On my mother's side it was denied and on my father's side it was never mentioned. I have listened a bit on the radio today and understand more and more the shame that has been imposed on Sami through Norwegianization policy. I could wish that I knew my grandparents as Sami the time they lived.