She has won multiple prizes for her first book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige (English: The Gentlemen Put Us Here: About the Forced Relocations in Sweden), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.

[2] At the same time she was studying, Labba was also working as a journalist for P4 Norrbotten, SR Sápmi, and the Sámi news magazine Samefolket.

In 2020, she debuted as an author with the Swedish-language book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige, which was translated and released the same year in Northern Sámi under the title Hearrát dat bidje min: bággojohtimiid birra.

It was translated from Swedish to Norwegian Bokmål and published in 2021 as Herrene sendte oss hit: om tvangsflyttingen av samene.

In 2020, Labba was awarded the August Prize for her book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige.