Inuit pride stirs independence mood in Greenland election
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Inuit pride stirs independence mood in Greenland election, after Trump interest
Independence in focus in Greenland vote, with Trump as backdrop
Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections following a campaign largely focused on when -- not if -- to cut ties with Denmark without falling into the clutches of the United
Greenland's Inuits rediscover their national pride
The federal government has committed to spend $1.5 billion over 10 years to carry out promises it made in the Nunavut land claim agreement.
Ottawa will renew funding for the Inuit Child First Initiative for one more year.Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced that the program will be renewed for another year at the signing of the new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract in Ottawa.
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Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit. And most are Lutheran. About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identity as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today.
About 90% of Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the majority also belong to the Lutheran Church, which was brought to the world's largest island more than 300 years ago by a Danish missionary.
NUUK, Greenland — About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today, more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to the world’s largest island.
Air Inuit's branding was designed by the leading brand strategist, Marc-André Chaput, and FEED, a Canadian creative studio. It features a contemporary typeface designed by Jean-Baptiste Levée and an inspired illustration by Stéphane Poirier.
The show, which premiered in January on CBC Gem, follows Siaja, a young Inuk mother trying to reinvent her life after a public exit from her marriage in the fictional Arctic town of Ice Cove
The SINAA Agreement (formerly the Qikiqtani PFP) is led by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) and aims to conserve up to 3.68 per cent of the marine environment in Canada in addition to strengthening long-term existing protected areas that already contribute 8.60 per cent toward marine conservation targets.
Greenlanders have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could take over their Arctic homeland
The island briefly fell under the protection of the United States, which was interested in its critical weather stations, after Germany occupied Denmark during World War II. President Harry Truman offered $100 million − about $1.3 billion today − in gold to Denmark for Greenland after the war but they declined the offer.
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