Petter Jori Andaras Morottaja (b. July 11, 1982 in Inari

Inari, Finland

Inari is Finland's largest, sparsely populated municipality with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are lumber industry and nature maintenance. With the museum Siida in the village of Inari, it is a center of Sami culture...

, Finland

Finland

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) is an Inari Sámi

Inari Sami (people)

Inari Sami are group of Sami people who inhabit the area around Lake Inari, Finland. They speak Inari Sami language, which belongs to eastern Sami languages. There are estimated 700 - 900 ethnic Inari Samis in Finland, of whom approximately 300 speak Inari Sami. They are the only group of Sami who...

 who writes books in Inari Sámi. He published his first book at the age of 17. At the age of 25, he ran for the Sámi Parliament of Finland

Sami Parliament of Finland

The Sami Parliament of Finland is the representative body for people of Sami heritage in Finland. The parliament consists of 21 elected mandates...

, but was not elected. Actively involved in the Inari Sámi Language Association

Anarâškielâ servi

Anarâškielâ servi is a Sámi association from Inari, Finland. The association was founded in the auditorium of the Ivalo Hotel in Ivalo on December 4, 1986 by Veikko Aikio, Ilmari Mattus and Matti Morottaja....

, he has been named the editor-in-chief of the association's online newspaper Kierâš

Kierâš

Kierâš is an Inari Sámi-language on-line weekly that was published for the first time on September 6, 2007. It is published by Anarâškielâ servi and its editor-in-chief is Petter Morottaja. The newspaper is published once a week and offers news, announcements and current topics in Inari Sámi to its...

, which is published once a week. He also teaches Inari Sámi in numerous places, including the University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

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. He is the son of Matti Morottaja

Matti Morottaja

Matti Heikki Ilmari Morottaja eli Kuobžâ-Saammâl Matti, is an Inari Sámi author, teacher and member of the Sami Parliament of Finland, serving as president for six years. He has served as president of the Inari Sámi Language Association since its foundation...

 and brother of Inari Sami rapper Amoc

Amoc (rapper)

Amoc is a Finnish rap musician. He is noted for rapping in the nearly extinct language of Inari Sami.-External links:* *-Produced by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland*...

.

His debut book, Suábi maainâs, was the first fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 to be published for young adults in Inari Sámi. His second book, published a year later, is a novel for children. Both books have been published by the Inari Sámi Language Association

Anarâškielâ servi

Anarâškielâ servi is a Sámi association from Inari, Finland. The association was founded in the auditorium of the Ivalo Hotel in Ivalo on December 4, 1986 by Veikko Aikio, Ilmari Mattus and Matti Morottaja....

 and illustrated by Martti Rikkonen.

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