00:00I'm very proud of being Greenlandic, but I actually also want to be proud of being Danish.
00:28The reason I want to be proud of being Danish is because I'm actually ashamed that I'm Danish,
00:34and it's not my fault.
00:36It's going to get passed on, so it's very fragile, and you get tired.
00:49So I'm very occupied in how to keep digging into the work of everything from beading,
00:57to print, to sewing, to skin, everything.
01:01I'm very occupied by that, because I think I will never get tired of diving into our
01:08history and our traditions.
01:24Something that you might call a mental decolonization is happening.
01:28We see a lot of cultural re-appropriation, where Greenlanders begin to value cultural
01:37techniques that have been discredited by the colonial power and by the church on a very
01:44practical basis, like handicrafts and drum dancing and kayaking.
02:01The way that Trump has put us into a world context has very much spoken into my personal
02:12understanding of my national identity.
02:15I am, more now than ever, am I sure of who I am, and I'm definitely not American.
02:24My own personal identity is, I'm a whole lot of person.
02:30I carry my Greenlandic and my Danish side with pride.
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