Kierâš was an
Inari Sámi-language online
weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly n ...
that was published for the first time on September 6, 2007. It was published by
Anarâškielâ servi
Anarâškielâ servi (Inari Sámi Language Association) is a Sámi association from Inari, Finland. The association was founded in the auditorium of the Ivalo Hotel in Ivalo on December 4, 1986, by Veikko Aikio, Ilmari Mattus, and Matti Morotta ...
and its editor-in-chief was
Petter Morottaja. At the start, the newspaper was published once a week, offering news, announcements and current topics in Inari Sámi to its readers.
The Society for the Promotion of Sámi Culture donated money to cover the costs of running the magazine before the society disbanded in 2007.
The Cultural Division of the Sámi Parliament in Finland awarded the newspaper a publication grant for 2008.
[ ] Kierâš was published for the last time in 2011.
According to the editor-in-chief, the weekly had a circulation of 65.
References
External links
KierâšKierâš(in Inari Saami)
Inari Sámi people
Defunct Sámi newspapers
Finnish news websites
Defunct newspapers published in Finland
Newspapers established in 2007
Publications disestablished in 2011
2007 establishments in Finland
2011 disestablishments in Finland
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