“We are invisible; we are ghosts”: Inuit in Denmark and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) – IWGIA – International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

“I’m one of the kids that was stolen from Greenland to Denmark back in the 1970s. I grew up in a Danish family, with Danish traditions, and we never spoke about Greenland. Not a word. I lost my language, my mother tongue. In my school we never learned about Greenland, our history, culture or tradition. Not a word. I grew up in Denmark and I thought I was white. I thought I was Danish. But somewhere inside me I always felt wrong, different, and shameful.”

— Read on www.iwgia.org/en/news/5029-we-are-invisible-we-are-ghosts-inuit-denmark-kalaallit-nunaat-greenland.html

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