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TALES OF A SEA SAMI - CHAPTER 1
ENGLISH VERSION
Episode Summary: In this first episode, my father is born in 1906 in the Kola Peninsula. His mother was a North Sámi, born in Vadso Norway. His father dies on the same night that he is born. His mother returns to Petsamo (now Pechenga). In 1908 Skolt Sámi relocate to live in Petsamo. My father describes his early days as a young child living in a turf hut through the long, harsh, cold winters of the north, surviving by eating berries preserved during the summer months, and building traps using birch wood to catch rabbits and grouse.
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The Sami have a tradition of oral story telling. They would sit around the camp fire and tell each other stories of their day and their life adventures/ This story is about my father and his childhood experiences growing up in northern Finland and the war year. His mother got ill shortly after WW1 started. My dad was sent to live with relatives, then to orphanages and prison camps. For the full experience - Please start the story at Chapter 1. https://youtu.be/K6WSyAU3VI4