‘There’s no such thing as a better coloniser’: Indigenous views on Trump’s Greenland push
The Guardian – World —
Demands by the US that it take control of the Arctic island is for many Inuits a reminder of a troubling imperial pastOn a bitterly cold recent morning in the Canadian Arctic, about 70 people took to the streets. Braving the bone-chilling winds, they marched through the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut, waving signs that read: “We stand with Greenland” and “Greenland is a partner, not a purchase.”It was a glimpse of how, for Indigenous peoples across the Arctic, the battle over Greenland has become a wider reckoning, seemingly pitting the long-fought battle to assert their rights against a global push for power. Continue reading...