During the colonial field, Denmark used the policies of coordination, unofficially prohibited the language, forced to be sterilized, and the children should be separated from their families and placed in Danish homes. The principles that made a painful identity among the Greenlanders.
Avier Racle Sanimoner S Inute chronlendesaShaman and a spiritual healer. It is traditional facial tattoos Inute and Help others reconnect with their ancestors To cure generations of trauma. Sanimuna recalled, “It is natural to talk about the interaction with the spirits for me.” “But my mother told me not to talk about this because it was dangerous. I never understood why I did not experience the repression that my ancestors had experienced.”
A part of A’s today Ascendant People Greenland What They say their inute hereditary and spirituality. Explaining the object of their tattoos, he says: “There are two lines at the same time, which means our world and the spiritual world. We do not know the distance between these two lines.”
Although roughly 90% of Greenlands have been identified as InuteMost belonged to the Lutheran church, which was introduced 300 years ago by Danish missionaries. “The sanctity of Christianity is still sacred to my eyes, but p Buddhism is the same. Hinduism and my work are like that. This is my position: the origins of our culture and about us as a people and our culture are equality within our culture Realize that our culture is proper“, Affirma Sanimona.
In recent years Colonial rejection Left European missionariesIt suppressed the traditions by calling the pagan. “The generations found here believe that we can cure,” he says.
Arrival of a US delegation
Was Greenland Danish Colony until 1953When it became the province. In 1979 He was given self -government AutonomyY 30 years later it became an autonomous institution. However, Denmark continues to control the island’s foreign and security issues.
The recent reports of the president of the United States, Donald TrumpThey drew attention to the island when he said he would not reject the use of military force Get with Greenland ControlIt was described as important as American national security.
In the meantime, Usha vansWife of the US Vice President JD Wans, and the National Security Advisor to the United States, Mike WaltzThey are planning to go to Greenland soon. According to the local media, its journey includes Nukk, the capital, Nook; Attend the Sleto race lying in the second largest city of Greenland, the Cisimut; And a potential parking at the only US aircraft base of the island in the north.
Claim of Inute Identity
But when the fire and its mineral resources are the focus of attention, even this greater attention Eating for the struggle for freedomMore and more greenents feel the strength to speak openly The injustices of the colonial rule.
Singer -Songwriter Inute Naja Barnuna, who embraced him Before -Christian ancestry. “Before it seems to be more attractive to be a Danish, it is better to speak Danish than to adhere to our traditions,” he says.
Through his music, he has returned Connect with their roots Encourage others to do this. “I have begun to realize how important it is to accept one’s roots or their own. That is why I think it is very important to restore them so that our people can learn to love each other again,” he says.
Para Sanimona, Esta Cultural resurgence It is a The act of demanding the Identity. “Inute has not been heard. We have been isolated for hundreds of years,” he says. “We need to free ourselves and take the ground. Take the initiative for ourselves. That’s why I feel confidence.”
