Sandra Márjá West (born 11 October 1990) is a Norwegian Sami politician and festival manager of

Riddu Riđđu Riddu Riđđu is an annual Sámi music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi (Manndalen) in the Gáivuotna (Kåfjord) municipality in Norway. The goal of the festival is to bring forward both Sámi culture and that of other indigenous peopl ...

Career

West has a bachelor's degree in Russian studies from the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

. She has studied at the Samernas Education Center in Jokkmokk, Sweden. She was associated with

Sámi University of Applied Sciences Sámi University of Applied Sciences ( se, Sámi allaskuvla, no, Samisk høgskole) is a university that is located in the village of Kautokeino in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was established in 1989 and has about 20 ...

in the period 2012–2013. In 2013, she was elected as a Sami representative for the

Norwegian Sámi Association The Norwegian Sámi Association ( se, Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi , no, Norske Samers Riksforbund), also known as NSR, is the largest Sámi people, Sámi organization in Norway. The association was founded in 1968. Purpose The NSR actively ru ...

in the Gáisi constituency, and re-elected in 2017. In that same year, she became a member of the Sami Parliamentary Council. West served as project manager for Indigenous Youth Gathering (IYG) at Riddu Riđđu. From 2009, she was the Deputy member of Riddu Riđđu Searvi, and from 2013, she was the Deputy member of the Riddu Riđđu Festival. In 2018, she became the festival manager for the

indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

' festival, Riddu Riđđu.

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Sandra Márjá West
at Sametinget
Sandra Márjá West, NSR
at NRK
Sandra Márjá West
at Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi (NSR) {{DEFAULTSORT:West, Sandra Marja 1990 births Living people Members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway Norwegian Sámi politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians Arts managers University of Tromsø alumni