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Greenlanders' Inuit identity revives as US plans to take over the island

Updated: 2025-03-14 11:27
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Children play next to a piece of floating ice in Nuuk's old harbor on March 9. MARKO DJURICA/REUTERS

Bells tolled, and a recently married couple laughed as family members threw rice on them for good fortune outside Nuuk's wooden cathedral.

Life in Nuuk seemed to go on as usual these days, except for this "heat wave".

Some Greenlanders say they felt safe while being largely unknown to the world. Now, though, that feeling has dissipated. Greenlander Tukumminnguaq Olsen Lyberth said the wave of attention and polarizing comments prompted some friends to delete social media accounts.

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