Underfoot

Niillas Holmberg is a Smi poet, novelist, scriptwriter and musician. He has published a novel and six books of poetry. His works have been translated into several languages. His first feature film Je'vIDA, co-written with Katja Gauriloff, is expected to air in 2023. In the field of music he works as a vocalist, composer and lyricist. His new band Guorga published its debut album in 2021. Niillas has won awards such as the Kirsi Kunnas Poetry Awards as well as being nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize twice. His debut novel Halla Helle is a Runeberg Prize nominee in Finland. Niillas is known as an upfront spokesman for Smi and indigenous rights to self-determination. He has been involved in several movements against extractivism in Smi areas. He lives in Ohcejohka, Smiland.

Inga-Wiktoria Pve is based in Northern Sweden in the municipality of Kiruna. She was brought up in a traditional Sami reindeer herding community and it is from her heritage that she takes her inspiration. Pve is a visual artist and designer whose work expresses the colors and shapes of Sami culture.

Jennifer Kwon Dobbs is the author of two poetry collections and two chapbooks, most recently Interrogation Roommentioned in The New York Times and a recipient of the Asian American Studies Book Award in Creative Writing. She is poetry editor at AGNI and professor of English at St. Olaf College.

Johanna Domokos is a comparative literary scholar of indigenous cultures and minority literatures with expertise in Scandinavian and Central European areas (esp. Smi, Finnisch, German and Hungarian). She is author of four monographs related to Smi literature, edited more than twenty books.