Saernieprieve 24 – tsïengelen/goevhten 2026
Monday March 23 – Arrival Scandic Alta, aperitif, welcome speeches, keynote and dinner
Midt-Finnmark (conference room)
19:00-19:10 Paul Bendikk Jåma, member of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament’s Executive Council
19:10-19:20 Alexis Mocio-Mathieu, program specialist UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of Illicit Appropriation (ICPRCP)
19:20-19:50 Elizabeth Tietmeyer, director Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin – Multi-perspective provenance research: The case of the Sámi collection at the MEK Berlin
Vest-Finnmark (conference room)
20:00 Festive dinner. Hosts Anne May Olli, director RiddoDuoattarMuseat and Eva Dagny Johansen, head of Section for museums working with Sámi topics/Norwegian Museums Association. Musical entertainment by Johan Ivvar Gaup
Tuesday March 24 – Conference at Vest-Finnmark conference room (full day)
Moderator Sissel Ann Mikkelsen, coordinator for the Sámi Museums Association in Norway
Summing up
09:00-09:30 Cathrine Baglo, project leader DD – Dávvirat Duiskkas: Summary, methods, and preliminary results
09:30-10:00 Birgitta Fossum, director Saemien Sijte and steering group leader DD – The significance of Dávvirat Duiskkas for Sápmi and the Sámi museums
10:00-10:30 Marie-Theres Federhofer, professor, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway – Sápmi in Berlin: Some contemporary and historical relations
10:30-10:45 Coffee
Returning knowledge
Moderator Mariann Wollmann Magga, director Tana and Varangermuseumssiida
10:45 – 11:15 Claudia Andratschke, head of collections/research/provenance research, Landesmuseum Hannover – German collectors and collecting practices
11:15-11:45 Lars Frühsorge, director Lübecker Museen Sammlung Kulturen der Welt – Jacob von Melle (1659-1743) and the Sámi collections in Lübeck
11:45-12:15 Birgit Scheps, head of provenance research and restitution/curator of the Australian and South Pacific collections, Dresden State Art Collections – Sámi drums in Dresden State Art Collections
12:15-12:45 Gunvor Guttorm, professor, Sámi University of Applied Sciences – Sámi gietkamat (cradles) in German museum collections
12:45-13:45 Lunch
Moved from session “Reflections from project owners and partners”:
13:45-14:00: Thomas Ole Andersen, museum leader, Várdobáiki Sámi Centre and Lisa Vangen, museum leader, Center of Northern Peoples.
Synergies and significance
Moderator Mariann Wollmann Magga, director Tana and Varangermuseumssiida
14:00-14:30 Birgitta Fossum, director Saemien Sijte South Sámi Museum – The return of Freavnantjahken gievrie/drum from Freavna mountain from Meiningen to Saemien Sijte
14:30-15:00 Barbara Plankensteiner, director, and Anna-Sophie Laug, curator Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) Hamburg – Sámi Heritage and its representation in the MARKK
15:00-15:30 Eeva-Kristiina Nylander, University of Oulu – Áimmuin: Re-Connecting Sámi Heritage in Museum Europäischer Kulturen
15:30-15:45 Coffee
Reflections from project owners and partners
Moderator Kjersti Myrnes Balto, director Vardobáiki Sámi Center
15:45-1600 Lisa Dunfjeld Aagård, curator, Saemien Sijte and Harrieth Aira, head of collections, Árran Lule Sámi Center
16:00-16:15 Elle Bals, consultant, RiddoDuottarMuseat and Hanna Maaria Kiprianoff, museum subject manager Ä’vv Skolt Sámi Museum, Tana and Varanger Museumssida
16:15-16:30 Sarah Nelly Friedland, director of archaeology and world cultures, Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim, and Richard Hölzl, provenance researcher, Museum Fünf Continente München
16:30-16:45 More coffee
So far and forward – Summarizing panel discussion
16:45 – 17:30 Moderator Aili Keskitalo, former president of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament and member of the United Nation’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Panelists: Birgitta Fossum/DD (Nor), Elisabeth Pirak Kuoljok/Ájtte (Swe), Anni Guttorm/Siida (Fin), Elizabeth Tietmeyer/MEK (Ger), Barbara Plankensteiner/MARKK (Ger).
19:00 Bus to and dinner at Sámi Siida
21:00 Bus back to the hotel – conversations may continue in Restaurant Nordlys & Bar
Wednesday March 25 – Conference at Vest-Finnmark (half day), departures and and post-conference tour to Kautokeino/Guovdageaidnu
Toward new museum practices and a new museum order
Moderator Birgitta Fossum, director Saemien Sijte South Sámi Museum/steering group leader DD
09:00-09:30 Jelena Porsanger, museum leader RiddoDuoattarMuseat – Sámiid Vuorká-Dávvirat, The Sámi Museum in Karasjok – Máhcaheapmi: The return of Poala Ánde goavddis/Anders Poulsen’s drum
09:30-10:00 Anni Guttorm, chief Curator Siida Sámi Museum – Ellos min árbi: From Returned Objects to Living Sámi Cultural Heritage
10:00-10:15 Coffee
10:15-10:45 Elisabeth Pirak Kuoljok, director Ájtte Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum – Moving toward new museum practices and a new museum order in Sweden and at Ájtte
10:45-11:15 Gro Birgit Ween, professor, Museum of Cultural History – Museum Objects and Reconciliation Ethics: Collaborations over post-repatriation reparation
11:15 -11:45 Discussion
11:45 Lunch Scandic Alta
12:30 Self-organized departures for the airport for some and post-conference tour to Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino for the rest
14:30 Arrival Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, visits in groups to:
- Čoarvemátta, the new building of Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter/ Beaivváš Sámi National Theater and the Sámi High School and Reindeer Husbandry School
- Guovdageainnu gilišillju/Kautokeino Municipal Museum and the new permanent exhibition on JáhkošLásse/ Lars Jakobsen Hætta (1834-1896) and the miniature duodji he crafted while being imprisoned in Oslo 15 years for taking part in the religious -political Kautokeino rebellion in 1852
- Juhl’s Silver Gallery
17:30 Dinner at Thon Hotel Kautokeino
19:30 Bus back to Alta
21:30 Arrival Scandic Alta
