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Wearing Inuit facial tattoos, Shaman mother and daughter, Therecie Sanimuinaq Pedersen, left, and Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq, pose for a portrait at Aviaja’s studio where she performs Inuit ancestral spiritual healing in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

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Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press
Sun,03/23/25-7:02AM , 114 Reads
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she’s proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders reclaiming their Inuit traditions and spirituality.
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A baby is held by her mother as they attend a religious service at Hans Egede Church in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Takeaways from AP's report on why so many Greenlanders are Lutheran
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press
Thu,03/06/25-12:07AM , 43 Reads
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today, more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to
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A woman walks at a graveyard covered by snow as the sun sets in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press
Thu,03/06/25-12:03AM , 70 Reads
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit, having survived and thrived in one of most remote and climatically inhospit
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The northern lights appear over homes in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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On a cold northern island, a mantra rises: 'Greenland is not for sale'
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press
Tue,03/04/25-12:14AM , 115 Reads
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign.

Now, though, something is worrying him and many Greenlanders as much as the retreating ice that endangers their livelihood.
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