Guardians of the Arctic
No one owns our land, we share it, say Greenland's Inuit
Updated: 2026-02-09 09:33
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Greenland and its people were thrust into the global spotlight last year when Trump revived his demand that the US take control of the island for national security and to access its abundant mineral resources.
Trump has since backed away from threats that the US could take the island by force and said he had secured total and permanent US access to Greenland in a deal with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, but much of the detail remains unclear.
Nearly 90 percent of Greenland's 57,000 population is indigenous Inuit, who have inhabited the island continuously for around 1,000 years.
Rakel Kristiansen, from a family of shamanic practitioners, said Inuit people saw themselves as temporary guardians of the land.
