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I don't want to go off too much on a tangent, but there are many tribes within USA borders that have sovereignty. (Not saying that USA history with native nations provides great examples, however. )
jmo
They do.
IMHO - they fail to use it and they should learn. Building casinos is not a way out, if you think of it.
US history with the natives has been “not easy”, but every country has done the same with own natives! Rinse, repeat. But still some have better results than others.
So I always felt that our natives could use better elders, and demand more. They are different as tribes but they could view themselves as a group. But I never lived there and suspect that what I see is the result of “indigenous PTSD” that has never been dealt with.
The human part of the situation with the Greenlanders concerns me most.
For example: if a group with another native language is adopted, how is the language treated? It is not an Indo-European language, but it is alive and an official language of Greenland. Much has been done to preserve Kalaallisut.
Do we recognize it as a second official state language, as New Zealand treats Māori? Or what?
You take a tiny, but self-governing entity, because of its minerals and whatever. But you can’t pretend that the entity doesn’t exist.
No, seriously, think of this. They speak mother tongue and as I suspect, many speak Danish. If they need treatment they use own doctors or go to Denmark, right.
Now what will happen if they need medical help and need to go to “the continent”? How do they express themselves?
. Now imagine not having anybody to actually conversate with about your fears? Moo, anyway.
