Matti Heikki Ilmari Morottaja or Kuobž-Saammâl Matti, (b. 28 December 1942 in Sammuttijärvi,

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author, teacher and member of the Sami Parliament of Finland, serving as president for six years. He has served as president of the Inari Sámi Language Association since its foundation. His sons, Petter and Mikkâl, have also promoted the use of Inari Sámi in their own way: Petter as the editor-in-chief of Kierâš, a digital weekly in Inari Sámi and Mikkâl as the first rapper to rap in Inari Sámi in the world. Morottaja received the Mikael Agricola Prize from the

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on 1 April 2007.

Works

In 1996, Matti Morottaja was the editor for a book called ''Tovlááh mainâseh'', which contains stories and tales from the publications Anarâš and Sábmelaš, from

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made between 1968 and 1970 and from the anthology Aanaarkiela čájttuzeh. Together with

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, Morottaja has served as editor for the short-story anthology called ''Kyelisieidi maccâm já eres novelleh'', which was published at Christmas 2005.

Translations

* ''Nieidâ kote šoodâi kollekuálsin'' (a translation of Samuli Aikio's book Nieida guhte šaddai gollegoalsin, originally in Northern Sámi) 1982 * Rauna Paadar-Leivo's book ''Halstemjeegi noaidi'' 1990 * Kirsti Paltto's book ''Tivgâ'' (Divgá) 1994 * Veikko Holmberg's book ''Tuuru-kuobžâ'' 1995

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morottaja, Matti 1942 births Finnish Sámi people Inari Sámi people Living people Members of the Sámi Parliament of Finland People from Inari, Finland Finnish Sámi-language writers Finnish Sámi politicians