Ella Holm Bull, was a Southern Sámi

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 teacher

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 and author

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, dedicated to promoting the Southern Sami language

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Southern Sami is the southwestern-most of the Sami languages. It is a seriously endangered language; the last strongholds of this language are the municipalities of Snåsa and Hattfjelldal in Norway...

 for many years. Together with Knut Bergsland

Knut Bergsland

Knut Bergsland was a Norwegian linguist. Working as a professor at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1981, he did groundbreaking research in Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut languages.-Career:...

, she created an orthography for Southern Sámi in 1974, which is called the Bergsland-Bull orthography in their honor. Holm Bull received numerous awards for her work on Southern Sámi, including the first-ever Gollegiella Award in 2004.

Literary

• Manne joe maahtam lohkedh. 1989
• Åarjel-saemien Gåalmede gærja. 1987
• Åarjel-saemien Vijhtede gærja. 1986
• Åarjel-saemien Nubpie gærja. 1986
• Åarjel-saemien Nealjede gærja. 1986
• Ovmese veareldh. 1985
• Suhtjegh. 1984
• Tsååbpe-niejlen jih Tsååbpe-baernien bijre. 1984
• Brorke. 1984
• Åarjel-saemien Voestes gærja. 1982
• Lohkede Saemien (with Knut Bergsland
  Knut Bergsland
  Knut Bergsland was a Norwegian linguist. Working as a professor at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1981, he did groundbreaking research in Uralic and Eskimo–Aleut languages.-Career:...
  
  ). 1974

Musical

She published two LPs on the Iđut label:

• Jåvle-Laavlomh (1996). ISBN 82-7601-023-7. (Christmas songs)
• Laavlomh-Maanide (1997). ISBN 82-7601-038-5. (Children's songs, recorded with assistance from Frode Fjellheim
  Frode Fjellheim
  Frode Fjellheim is a Norwegian Sami yoiker and musician . Since 1997, he has also composed film scores for NRK and Lars Rasmussen's children's films. During the 1990s, he headed his namesake band «Jazz Joik Ensemble», which is currently known by the name of Transjoik. Fjellheim has also been...
  
  )

Awards

• The first Nordic Sámi Language Prize, Gollegiella in 2004.
• The first Nord-Trøndelag County Culture Award in 1982.
• The Saami Council
  Saami Council
  The Saami Council is an umbrella organization for Sámi organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Saami Council was founded during the 2nd Sámi Conference held in Karasjok, Norway on August 18, 1956 as the Nordic Saami Council. After the first Russian Sámi organization was accepted...
  
  's Annual Prize in 1996
• Translator's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
  Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
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  in 1976 for her translation of the picture book Jakob og Joakim to Southern Sámi.