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ENMOTE Lecture GUNN-BRITT RETTER EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SÁMI COUNCIL
DO16.01.2020, 17.00, ÜBUNGSRAUM Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, 4th Floor
Gunn-Bri� Re�er was born and raised in the coastal Saami
community Unjárga-Nesseby by Varanger�ord in northea-
stern Norway. She was trained as a teacher at Sámi Uni-
versity College (Guovdageaidnu – Kautokeino, Norway)
and holds an M.A. in bilingual studies from University of
Wales. Since 2001, Re�er has worked with arc0c environ-
mental issues, first at the Arc0c Council Indigenous Peop-
les’ Secretariat (IPS) (Copenhagen, Denmark). She served
as a member of Saami Parliament (Norway) for two terms
(2005 – 2013). In her current posi0on with the Saami
Council which she has held since 2005, she has been invol-
ved in issues related to indigenous peoples and knowledge
related to climate change, biodiversity, language, pollu0on
and management of natural resources.
Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Gunn-Bri� Re�er
Head of the Arc0c and Environment Unit
of the Saami Council