Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
Greenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos.
Greenlanders embrace Inuit traditions and reclaim ancestral roots
Greenlanders are embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like Inuit tattoos. It's a way to reclaim their ancestral roots and publicly reject the legacy of Christian missionaries from Europe who ...
Greenland's Inuits reclaim identity as independence debate grows and another US VIP visit looms
During colonial rule, Denmark enforced assimilation policies, unofficially banning the Inuit language, forced sterilisations ...
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Takeaways from AP’s report on why so many Greenlanders are Lutheran
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — 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 ...
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Greenland's Inuits rediscover their national pride
With her colourful Inuit earrings and tattoos on prominent display, Ujammiugaq Engell, like many Greenlanders, flaunts her rediscovered cultural identity, which US President Donald Trump's ...