Marit Gaup Eira

Marit Ragna Jørgensdatter Gaup (Šelgon Joreha Máret) and her twin sister Risten Sara Jørgensdatter Gaup (Šelgon Joreha Risten Sárá) were born on July 13, 1945,{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Kristine-Sara-Turi/6000000007266700190 |title=Kristine Sara Jørgensdatter Turi | date= December 11, 2014 | accessdate=August 9, 2021 |publisher=Geni }} the fifth and sixth children of reindeer herders Jørgen Johansen Gaup (Šelgon Joret, 1893–1960) and Kristine Larsdatter Gaino (Bánni Risten, 1904–1977).{{cite report |last = Eira |first = Mikkel Andersen |last2 = Eira|first2 = Mai Britt |last3 = Eira|first3 = Johan A |last4 = Murud|first4 = Marit M Eira |last5 = Gaup|first5 = Mikkel Per J. |date= |title= Árbevirolaš gullevašvuohta dálveeatnamiidda. Bávttajohtgiera siida – ovdalaš Vullošnjárga. Dokumenterehuvvon dieđut. |url= https://www.domstol.no/globalassets/upload/finn/innkomne-meldinger/felt-8/42-bavttajohtgiera-siida-d41d19/tilleggsopplysninger-2-dokumentasjon-av-26.05.2020-og-kart.pdf |format=PDF |publisher= Bávttajohtgiera siida (Beaskáđas, Sállan) |page= 5 |access-date= April 9, 2021 |language=se}}{{cite web|url=https://radio.nrk.no/serie/luohteboddu/sesong/202012/SAPR03034520 |title=Luohteboddu: Tidspunkter | date= December 10, 2020 | accessdate=August 9, 2021 |publisher=NRK Radio |language=nb}} A few years later, two more siblings were born, bringing the total up to 8.{{cite report |last = Eira |first = Mikkel Andersen |last2 = Eira|first2 = Mai Britt |last3 = Eira|first3 = Johan A |last4 = Murud|first4 = Marit M Eira |last5 = Gaup|first5 = Mikkel Per J. |date= |title= Árbevirolaš gullevašvuohta dálveeatnamiidda. Bávttajohtgiera siida – ovdalaš Vullošnjárga. Dokumenterehuvvon dieđut. |url= https://www.domstol.no/globalassets/upload/finn/innkomne-meldinger/felt-8/42-bavttajohtgiera-siida-d41d19/tilleggsopplysninger-2-dokumentasjon-av-26.05.2020-og-kart.pdf |format=PDF |publisher= Bávttajohtgiera siida (Beaskáđas, Sállan) |page= 18 |access-date= April 9, 2021 |language=se}} Later on, she married Mikkel Andersen Eira.

Eira started to yoik when she was herding reindeer since her mother was a devout Christian and would not let her yoik in the house, as this was considered a sin. She became a talented yoiker who went on to win many yoiking competitions. For example, she made the final of the yoiking category in the Sámi Grand Prix ten times. Of those ten times, she won the category three times and placed in third place another three.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.2147094 |title=Hvem-Hva-Når om Sámi Grand Prix |last = Hætta |first= Wenche Marie | date= March 29, 2007 | accessdate=August 2, 2021 |publisher=NRK Sámi Radio |language=nb}}

Her first album, a solo album called Beaskađas, was published in 2004. The album mainly consists of traditional personal yoiks. The next year, Eira and her husband yoiked on Maj-Lis Skaltje's album Davvi Jienat - Northern Voices, which introduces listeners to three styles of traditional Sámi vocal music: yoiks, vuelie, and leuʹdds, the latter two of which are often mistaken for yoiks by non-Sámi people.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1i6hJrW9Y1ICSG7DKGiuFV |title=Davvi Jienat - Northern Voices | accessdate=August 9, 2021 |publisher=Spotify}} In 2009, Eira and her twin sister released an album of Northern Sámi hymns called Ipmeláhči Hálddus.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/marit-gaup-eira-1.7039176 |title=Marit Gaup Eira | date= March 29, 2010 | accessdate=August 9, 2021 |publisher=NRK Sápmi |language= se}} In 2013, Eira and her husband once again teamed together to yoik, when they appeared in Skaltje's movie Juoigan.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

In 2012, Eira received the Áillohaš Music Award, a Sámi music award conferred by Kautokeino Municipality and the Kautokeino Sámi Association to honor the significant contributions the recipient or recipients has made to the diverse world of Sámi music.{{cite web|url=https://folkemusikk.custompublish.com/index.php?id=4902967&showtipform=1&cat=137198 |title= Mari Boine jubilerer | first=Arvid |last= Skancke-Knutsen | date= March 28, 2011 | accessdate=August 7, 2021 |publisher=Folkorg.no |language=nb}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/joret-maret-vant-ailloha_-prisen-1.8065152 |title=Fikk Áillohaš-prisen |last= Utsi |first= Johan Ante | date=April 7, 2012 | accessdate=August 9, 2021 |publisher=NRK Sápmi |language= nb}}

• 2004 – Beaskađas
• 2009 – Ipmeláhči Hálddus together with Risten Sara Gaup Turi

• 2002 – Sámi Grand Prix 2002
• 2003 – Sámi Grand Prix 2003
• 2005 – Davvi Jienat
• 2010 – Sámi Grand Prix 2010
• 2018 – Sámi Grand Prix 2018

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Category:1945 births

Category:Living people

Category:Áillohaš Music Award winners

Category:Norwegian Sámi musicians