Tiina Juulia Sanila-Aikio or sms, Paavvâl Taannâl Tiina
(born 25 March 1983 in
Sevettijärvi
Sevettijärvi ( sms, Čeʹvetjäuʹrr, smn, Čevetjävri and se, Čeavetjávri) is a village in the municipality of Inari, Finland approximately north of downtown Inari. Neiden in Norway is approximately away. The village's green, yet sta ...
,
Inari
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Shinto
* Inari Ōkami, a Shinto spirit
** Mount Inari in Japan, site of Fushimi Inari-taisha, the main Shinto shrine to Inari
** Inari Shrine, shrines to the Shinto god Inari
* Inari-zushi, a type of sushi
Places
* Inari, ...
,
Finland
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) is a
Skolt reindeer herder, musician, teacher, and a former vice-president and president of the
Finnish Sámi Parliament.
Early life
Tiina Juulia Sanila was born to Taannâl and Toini Sanila on 25 March 1983.
Her father was a Skolt reindeer herder. Her mother is a Finn, originally from Ilomantsi, who moved to the area in the 1980s and who has worked as a teacher, the principal of Sevettijärvi school, and run the family's reindeer farm. Sanila attended the same school her mother worked at until high school, when she moved to Rovaniemi.
Once she graduated from high school there, she started studying law at the
University of Lapland
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.
Musical career
Sanila published the world's first full-length
rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
CD ever in
Skolt Saami in 2005 with her
band of the same name. The name of the CD is called ''Sääʹmjânnam rocks!'' and it was produced b
Tuupa Records Oyin
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. On 7 June 2006 Tiina Sanila released a new single entitled “Uuh!”, which broke into the Finnish charts in 3rd place during the 26th week of 2006. This was the first time a Skolt Saami had ever broken into the charts. Sanila's next full-length CD ''Kåʹllkueʹll še måttmešt tålkk'' was released on 26 May 2007 at the
Ijahis Idja festival in
Inari
Inari may refer to:
Shinto
* Inari Ōkami, a Shinto spirit
** Mount Inari in Japan, site of Fushimi Inari-taisha, the main Shinto shrine to Inari
** Inari Shrine, shrines to the Shinto god Inari
* Inari-zushi, a type of sushi
Places
* Inari, ...
.
Awards
In December 2006, Tiina Sanila received the Cultural Award from the
Province of Lapland in
Finland
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for her work.
Personal life
In August 2008, Sanila wed Leo Aikio, an Inari Saami reindeer herder.
Their daughter Elli-Dåʹmnn was born in 2009.
Discography
LPs
* 2005 – Sääʹmjânnam rocks!
* 2007 – Kåʹllkueʹll še måttmešt tålkk
Singles
* 2006 – ”Uuh!”
References
External links
Tiina Sanila official website
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Finnish Sámi people
Finnish Sámi musicians
Finnish Sámi politicians
Living people
1983 births
People from Inari, Finland
Skolts