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For anyone who wants a summary, to know why they should read this article, it is a discussion of Danish colonialism as it applies to the Inuit Territories that Denmark has made Eurocentric colonial claims to.
"In 2009, their autonomy was expanded to “self rule” with recognition of the Kalaallit as a people under international law and with the right to true independence."
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G…
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If NATO were an honest entity, designed to protect Northern Treaty regions from foreign occupation (including from other NATO members), then Inuit and other northern peoples would be able to return to living independently in peace and security.
Unfortunately I believe the eastward expansion of NATO made it clear that the goal of NATO was to try to manipulate WW1 and WW2 ally Russia from all sides. NATO already fully extended westward to border Russia (via Alaska - a reminder for those who read the Atlantic centered maps incorrectly and somehow believe Russia and the USA are on opposite sides of the planet).
Some of the other replies to Charlie’s article seem to have been confused into believing that Russia was an opponent to Britain, Canada, etc during WW1 and WW2 – and that Canadians were needed to protect Denmark from Canadian/British ally Russia.
Canada caught in colonial Anglosphere mythology
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While Canada created the Nunavut territorial government in 1999 to separate out part of the Inuit territory from what remains of the North West Territories, it is not an example of responsible self-government in a true sense as it is still under Canadian federal colonial rule. This is similar to other so-called "modern treaties" where the agreements aren't nation-to-nation, but Canadian Crown to Canadian Corporation (so not "treaties" at all in a recognizable sense).
Much of the worst stuff that Canada did to north-of-60 peoples happened after the signing of the 1948 Genocide convention, really picking up the forced relocations/etc in the 1950's. For anyone reading this who doesn't yet know the difference between Genocide and Homocide, I wrote about that previously: r.flora.ca/p/i-am-not-m…
The internationally recognized right of independence applies to the Inuit peoples (and associated lands) that Canada claims Dominion over as well as what Denmark, USA and Russia claims Dominion over.
This is one of the common misconceptions that Canadians have, which is that while international law protects the rights of an Indigenous people to separate from a Canadian Crown (federal or provincial government), it does NOT offer any legal path (as opposed to a violent revolution path, likely requiring the support of a foreign military power) to a Canadian Provincial Crown separating from the federal Canadian Crown.