Berit Marie Eira (born 6 March 1968) is a Norwegian Sami reindeer owner and politician who works in Kautokeino Municipality. She represents the "Reindeer herder's list" party.
Berit Marie Eira (born 6 March 1968) is a Norwegian Sami reindeer owner and politician who works in Kautokeino Municipality. She represents the "Reindeer herder's list" party.
Berit Marie Persdtr Eira was born 6 March 1968. [1] [2] She studied commerce and economics, receiving a 3-year bachelor's degree in reindeer husbandry. [3]
In 2014, Eira highlighted her opposition to the Norwegian government's reindeer husbandry policy, as she refused to accept the demand to reduce the herd flock despite the state's threats of coercive fines. [4]
In 2017, as the first representative from the Flyttsamelista, she became a member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway. This happened after the Sami election, when the four parties of the Norwegian Sámi Association, the Center Party, Åarjel-Saemiej Gielh, and the Flyttsamelista joined forces to create a 'majority government'. According to the agreement, Eira is in the council for the first two years of the parliamentary term, and Ellinor Jåma of Åarjel-Saemiej Gielh for the last two.
The Sámi are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The region of Sápmi was formerly known as Lapland, and the Sámi have historically been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders, but these terms are regarded as offensive by the Sámi, who prefer their own endonym, e.g. Northern Sámi Sápmi. Their traditional languages are the Sámi languages, which are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family.
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Rawdna Carita Eira is a Norwegian and Sámi playwright and author. She grew up in Brønnøysund in Nordland county in Norway and trained to be a teacher. She has worked as a reindeer herder, stage manager and playwright associated with Beaivváš Sámi Theatre. She has written lyrics for her own songs and tunes by, among others, Mari Boine. Eira published a bilingual book in 2011, ruohta muzetbeallji ruohta/løp svartøre løp, which was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2012. She lives in Kautokeino Municipality.
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The 2021 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election was held on 13 September 2021. All 39 seats in the Norwegian Sámi legislature, the Sámediggi, were up for election.
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The 2013 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election was held on 9 September 2013, simultaneously with the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. All 39 seats in the Norwegian Sámi parliament, the Sámediggi, were up for election.
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