Sami people celebrate their national holiday

(9 Feb 2010) Alta (Finnmark), Norway - February 6, 2010 1. Wide shot of fiord 2. Mid shot of town 4. Mid shot of city centre 5. Mid shot of reindeers being prepared for a race 6. Various of race 8. Cutaway to Sami woman 9. SOUNDBITE: (Sami) Marianne Eiva Olsen, voxpop "I am very proud of being a Sami. And today we celebrate our day because we are not able to express ourselves through our language and culture." Kautokeino, February 7, 2010 10. Wide shot of village 11. Mid shot of parish church 12. Various shots of village centre 13. Exterior shot of hostel 14. Various shots of hostel owner talking to guest and neighbour 15. SOUNDBITE: (Sami) Jinga Hermansen Hatter, owner of local hostel "Things have changed so much since my youth. Now communications and infrastructure are modern. And also we have educational centres in the region. Not like in my childhood that I had to travel many miles to go to school." 16. Various shots of hostel owner chatting with reindeer shepherd 17. Mid shot of shepherd leaving hostel 18. Wide shot of car driving through countryside 19. Various shots of shepherd arriving at home 20. Various of shepherd taking care of reindeer 21. SOUNDBITE: (Sami) Nils Peder Gaup, reindeer shepherd and business entrepreneur "I am proud of being a Sami. And I am not worried about the future generations of Sami not choosing to become a shepherd. Even though they get better education these days we will have reindeer shepherds for the next couple of centuries." 21. Mid shot of shepherd entering home 22. Various shots of children playing computer game 23. SOUNDBITE : (Sami) Isaat Gaup, student "When I am out of school I spend my time like any other child. Playing with my computer, playing soccer outside or on top of my snow mobile. But when it comes to my future I want to become a shepherd like my dad." 24. Various shots of youngsters driving their snow mobiles over frozen lake 25. SOUNDBITE: (Sami) , high school student "When I finish high school I want to move to Alta or Tromso and become a trained carpenter. We haven''t got a lot of opportunities over here so is better to move to the big cities in the area." 26. Wide shot of Sami University College 27. Set up shots of Kamil Ozerk, professor of political science 28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kamil Ozerk, professor of political science "Of course globalisation and maybe Norway''s membership in the European Union could create some challenges or problems for this indigenous people. Because they are only 40,000 (Sami) in this country. And there are a total of 100,000 in this area, Sweden, Finland and Russia. But Sami people must be heard and taken in consideration." 29. Wide shot of house 30. Various shots of designer tailor sewing typical Sami dress 31. SOUNDBITE: (Sami) Risten Ravdna Gaup Haetta, tailor "Fabric designs for our dresses were mainly imported from the rest of Europe. And the designs they made for us were not exactly our own style. So I started to manufacture my designs locally. Authentic Sami designs." 32. Various shots of tailor LEAD IN The Sami people of Europe''s Arctic have been celebrating their national day. The once-oppressed indigenous reindeer herders in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and northwestern Russia began marking February 6 as their national day in 1993. The date marks the first Sami national congress, when about 100 herders gathered in Trondheim, Norway, in 1917. STORYLINE The Sami country, or Sapmi, is situated in the cold tundra of northern Scandinavia. Their territory comprises of four countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...