In a tiny workshop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, goldsmith Nadja Arnaaraq Kreutzmann polishes metals and stones mined and gathered on the vast mineral-rich island. The jewellery she crafts is adorned with Inuit symbols of life and survival.
Indigenous identity is seeing a revival in Greenland ahead of a March 11 general election called after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to acquire the strategically located Arctic island. Lauren Roback reports. Trump says difficult dealing with Ukraine, may be easier with Russia
The planet is warming, and the ice on the north coast of Labrador is shrinking. Inuit elders and researchers tell us how ice is connected to Inuit ways of living, what’s at risk for their people and future generations if it all disappears,
U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019. People thought it was a joke at the time. But no one is laughing now.
People without a safe place now have homes to go to in Gjoa Haven. The hamlet has opened two shelters, one for men and the other for women and children.
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.
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.
The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of 2,500-5,000 but disappeared around 1450 for unknown reasons.
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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.
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 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.