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US. President Donald Trump talks about Greenland as a strategic asset that could be bought by Washington, while Denmark asserts its legal sovereignty over the island. For the Inuit people, who have lived here for centuries, no one owns the Arctic land. The concept that ownership is shared collectively is central to the Inuit identity, they say. It has survived 300 years of colonisation and is written into law: People can own houses, but not the land beneath them.

The Aurora Borealis, also known as the "northern lights", illuminates the sky over houses in Kapisillit, Greenland, January 20, 2026. The concept that ownership is shared collectively is central to the Inuit identity. It has survived 300 years of colonisation and is written into law: People can own houses, but not the land beneath them.

The concept that ownership is shared collectively is central to the Inuit identity. It has survived 300 years of colonisation and is written into law: People can own houses, but not the land beneath them.