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14 Dec 2025

We Are the Cavalry: Reclaiming Our Stories and Our Future
By Johan Ailo Kalstad, Director of NRK Sápmi

In late November, under the lights of New York City, history was made. The drama series Oro Jaska was competing for an International Emmy—the most prestigious television award in the world.
It was the first Sámi drama produced in over a decade. Just a few years ago, the idea that a story from our communities would stand shoulder to shoulder with global television giants would have been dismissed as absurd. Yet, there we were.

We Are the Cavalry: Reclaiming Our Stories and Our Future
By Johan Ailo Kalstad, Director of NRK Sápmi

19 Jun 2025

Puanga: The Star That Guides Us. Celebrating Indigenous Language, Culture and Remembering Our Ancestors.

A star’s heliacal rising symbolises a new phase in our traditional calendar. It’s Puanga, known internationally as Rigel. Like Matariki (Pleiades) Puanga heralds the new year, especially for many Māori on the west coast of Aotearoa New Zealand. Across the Pacific, this time marks more than just the start of a seasonal cycle. It is a sacred space for reflection, renewal and remembrance. A time to honour those who have passed and to carry their legacies forward.

Puanga: The Star That Guides Us. Celebrating Indigenous Language, Culture and Remembering Our Ancestors.

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