{"id":417115,"date":"2026-01-18T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:41:11","slug":"greenland-is-not-for-sale-say-iqaluit-demonstrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417115\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland is not for sale, say Iqaluit demonstrators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solidarity rallies held in capitals of Nunavut, Greenland and Denmark in face of U.S. threat to annex island territory<\/p>\n

Residents of Nunavut\u2019s capital stood in solidarity with people in Greenland and Denmark on Saturday\u00a0as the circumpolar communities took to their respective streets in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s talk of annexing Greenland.<\/p>\n

Trump has said in recent weeks the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland \u2014 an autonomous territory of Denmark with a mostly Inuit population of approximately 56,000 people \u2014 \u201cone way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kooyoo Nowdluk demonstrates her support for Greenland in Iqaluit, on Saturday morning. (Photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n

He has repeatedly suggested his country will purchase Greenland from Denmark. Told it\u2019s not for sale, he has also not ruled out military force.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t reason with a mad man,\u201d Iqaluit marcher Bernadette Dean said in an interview during a rally to show solidarity with Greenland, Nunavut\u2019s island neighbour.<\/p>\n

About 75 people held up hand-drawn signs and banners saying, \u201cWe support Greenland,\u201d \u201cGreenland is a partner not a purchase,\u201d and \u201cGreenland is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crowd gathered at the Igluvut Building at 10 a.m. Some waved the red and white flags of Kalaallit Nunaat, the Inuit name for Greenland.<\/p>\n

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Iqaluit march organizer Aaju Peter<\/a>, an Iqaluit-based lawyer and activist originally from Greenland, has two brothers living in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s recent rhetoric is serious, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreenlanders are under stress,\u201d she said. \u201cI want Greenlanders to know that we truly support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time \u2014 and 820 kilometres to the east \u2014 several thousand people gathered in Nuuk, across from its Katuaq Cultural Centre, to oppose what some experts are calling U.S. imperialism.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur histories, cultures, and strengths are deeply connected,\u201d said Iqaluit demonstrator Mylena Idlout-Mullin. \u201cAs an Inuk, I stand in solidarity with Kalaallit Nunaat. I support our relatives in protecting their land, identity, and future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solidarity rallies also took place in Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and several other cities across Denmark, earlier Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Laakkuluk Williamson, left, and Navarana Beveridge, Denmark\u2019s honorary consul in Iqaluit, unfurl a Greenland banner in front of the Igluvut Building in Iqaluit, on Saturday morning. (Photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n

The all-ages Iqaluit crowd cascaded down Queen Elizabeth Way from the Four Corners intersection and marched a half-kilometre to Iqaluit Square in front of the Elders Qammaq.<\/p>\n

The numbers swelled to 100 people as onlookers joined the procession a couple of blocks later at the downtown post office and NorthMart store.<\/p>\n

They chanted \u201cKalaallit Nunaat Kalaallit pigaat,\u201d which means \u201cGreenland belongs to Greenlanders\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers visited Denmark on Friday, in a move to reassure Denmark and Greenland that they supported Denmark\u2019s control of Greenland despite Trump\u2019s vow to take it over.<\/p>\n

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At Denmark\u2019s request, NATO allies, including Germany, France, Norway, Finland and Sweden, have sent armed forces to conduct military exercises in Greenland.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not right for Donald Trump to do this,\u201d said Kooyoo Nowdluk, who carried an Inuktitut sign in Iqaluit, on Saturday. \u201cHe\u2019s got his own land. He\u2019s got enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solidarity rallies held in capitals of Nunavut, Greenland and Denmark in face of U.S. threat to annex island…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-417115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}