#kalaallit

[slugjehovah]

Actually, Greenland shouldn't belong to anyone but Kalaallit who have been living on Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) for thousands of years.

Denmark should not have Greenland whatsoever and the U.S. trying to get Greenland is just a colonizing country trying to buy a colony from another colonizing country.

Denmark is not the victim here.

The Kalaallit are the victims and survivors of Denmark's colonization and this is the perfect opportunity for indigenous sovereignty to be returned to the care takers of Kalaallit Nunaat.

Land back.

[busstop]

'Should Denmark get Trump a prize for results, not intentions?' Adnan Al-Adhami

[tomorrowusa]

^^^ Yep, he really said that.

Perhaps the most unintentionally hilarious thing about Trump is his complete incomprehension of irony.

[willowbilly]

Greenland Courtship by Rockwell Kent, 1934. Lithograph on white wove paper. [image source]

[littlenapss]

[eddies-disability-swag-blog]

The date has past, but I think it’s still important to share.

[dailyhistoryposts]

Greenlandic Inuit

November is National Native American Heritage Month!

The indigenous people of Greenland are Inuit. At 89%, they make up the majority of the Greenlandic population. Collectively, they are called Kalaallit Nunaat, and consist of three groups; Kalaallit (of western Greenland) being the largest, the Tunumiit (from eastern Greenland) and finally the Inughuit (of north Greenland, about 1% of the population of Greenland).

Greenland had actually been settled multiple times previous to this, always by boat from Canada. First was the Independence I/Saqqaq culture (2500-700 BCE). They were replaced by the Early Dorset (700 BCE-1 CE). The Late Dorset recolonized the northeastern part of the island in 700 CE.

In 980 CE, the first Norse arrived on Greenland (the first true European discovery of the Americas--500 years before Columbus). It was between 1000-1400 CE that the Thule began to settle Greenland. The Thule are the ancestors of modern Greenlandic Inuit.

An important form of artistic expression for Greenlandic Inuit culture and religion is the tupilaq, a figure made out of animal parts. None from prehistory are known to survive--all photographs are of tupilaq are of ones made after long-term European contact.

[the-aila-test]

A Question for Natives

For the sake of privacy I'm going to keep the person who asked this question anonymous. They asked me this question but I am more comfortable with getting a general consensus.

Please read and respond / comment / retweet with your personal opinion on the matter.

(Non-natives, do not interact).

Here is a slightly edited version of what was asked:

I am biracial Kalaallit; recently I was asked to portray an indigenous north american woman in a movie they are filming in Europe. It is a small part, but regardless- i want to ask what your opinion is on the matter. I did reach out to my American indigenous friends with the same question, but they are my friends, so I feel they say ‘go for it’ because of that. Since following your blog, I know you are a no nonsense woman, and you speak fairly even if harshly. I want to know your honest opinion. In my heart, I sort of feel it would be wrong...

It is a movie/documentary about colonialism. From the little part of the script that i got, my part would be around the Pequot war and i would be playing it says and i quote ‘mohegan woman’

I have a few lines, before the war, when the mohegan tribe and pequot tribe were starting to have increasing tensions with the english colonists

I don’t think or have any knowledge of a native being involved in the documentary. From what i got and i asked, it is meant to increase awareness about the genocide committed against the First Nation people. It seems legit historically (though ofc, i am no historian) but I still feel like I would be stealing…or not stealing…idk…taking something that is not mine

I know that I might get upset if they made a movie about Greenland and yet hire other indigenous people to play mine, in certain circumstances. I did try to say something to this effect, but the movie is being produced in central europe and they said and I quote “not many American indigenous people around here”. While that might be true, it still sounds like an excuse."