Indigneous peoples of the Arctic have seen this disregard for them play out, over and over: Particularly concerning was the focus on Greenland’s efforts to e

Indigneous peoples of the Arctic have seen this disregard for them play out, over and over: Particularly concerning was the focus on Greenland’s efforts to extract mineral wealth or create defence positions, said Obed. “That’s the scariest part of the rhetoric that has been circulating,” he said. “I did believe we were beyond this central premise that if Indigenous peoples do not improve our land based on the criteria of imperialist actors, that somehow we do not have self-determination. The decisions that are made about our land and what we want for it are ours alone.” -- Natan Obed, President of Canada’s national Inuit organisation, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/indigenous-views-trump-greenland-push-inuits-arctic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/indigenous-vie...