Outsiders should not decide what happens to Inuit homelands, whether it is Greenland or Nunavut, writes Abigail Allianaq, a Nunavut Arctic College student in the first in a series of articles featuring the work of students in the interpreter/translator program. (Illustration by Abigail Allianaq, special to Nunatsiaq News)

I have been thinking a lot about Greenland lately. I am an Inuk from Nunavut, and I have many friends in Greenland, so it feels close to me. Greenland is not for sale.

Lately, I heard that the United States is trying to buy Greenland, and it makes me really upset. 

Their land is not something U.S. President Donald Trump can buy or take from Denmark! It belongs to the Inuit people who have lived there for generations.

Greenland is full of culture, stories and traditions that are part of who we are as Inuit.

It frustrates me that people in powerful countries like the U.S. think they can just make decisions about land that isn’t theirs. 

Outsiders should not decide what happens to Inuit homelands, whether it is Greenland or Nunavut. 

Our land is not a business deal. We should be the ones protecting it and deciding what happens there. 

I stand with Greenland because we share the same roots, culture and love for the land. Even though we live in a different place, Inuit are connected, and we need to support each other. 

Our land is more than just a territory. It is our identity, our history, and our future. I want people to understand that Greenland is not something to trade or to sell.

Inuit voices must be heard and respected. 

As an Inuk from Nunavut, I feel proud to stand with Greenland and my friends there. 

Our culture, our traditions and our homeland are too important to be treated as something Trump can buy. Greenland is not for sale, and it never will be!

Nunatsiaq News and Nunavut Arctic College are working together to share with readers some opinion articles by students in the college’s interpreter/translator program.