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June 21 marks not only the summer solstice, but in Canada it\u2019s also National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day that celebrates the resilience of the Arctic\u2019s original inhabitants.\u00a0<\/p>

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Yet, celebration without sovereignty seems in many ways premature and incomplete. True self-determination for Inuit still requires a profound political transformation.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the path to a strong, viable, and unified Inuit state runs through Nuuk, Iqaluit, and Washington. By leveraging Greenland\u2019s path to independence from Denmark and negotiating with President Trump, and then more tightly integrating Greenland and Nunavut under America\u2019s defense\u00a0and economic umbrella, Inuit can finally achieve a cohesive and sovereign Arctic state, an historic first.<\/p>\n

The current geopolitical map fragments the Inuit nation across artificial colonial borders. Greenland operates under Danish self-rule, while Nunavut remains a territory within the Canadian confederation. Both face a shared vulnerability: vast geographic scale, small populations, and intensifying pressures from Arctic and \u201cnear-Arctic\u201d neighbors Russia and China (just as occurred 80 years earlier from Germany and Japan).<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/figure>\nNeither Nuuk nor Iqaluit possesses the economic or military heft to secure the top of the world alone. A bold diplomatic realignment is required to bridge this divide. This alignment would not be entirely unprecedented, but rather an historic restoration.<\/p>\n

During World War II, the United States stepped in as the de facto protector of both regions. Following the 1940 Nazi occupation of Denmark, Washington established a protective mandate over Greenland to secure its strategic cryolite mines and critical Arctic weather stations. Simultaneously, the U.S. Army Air Force built a massive and vital airfield at Frobisher Bay — now modern-day Iqaluit — to ferry aircraft to the European front.\u00a0This shared history of wartime continental defense laid the early structural and geopolitical foundations for a unified North American Arctic.<\/p>\n

Greenland holds the key to unlocking this future. As Greenland moves closer to full independence from Denmark, it faces a gathering financial and security vacuum. Denmark\u2019s annual subsidy cannot be easily replaced, and an independent Greenland cannot defend its massive coastline and vast Exclusive Economic Zone. This is where strategic pragmatism meets historic opportunity. President Trump has famously viewed Greenland through a lens of immense strategic and economic value. Rather than resisting this interest, Greenlandic leadership should lean into it.<\/p>\n

Instead of pivoting to Copenhagen\u2019s familiar embrace, Nuuk should leverage its ongoing (if fractious) discussions with Washington to flip the script and directly negotiate a compact of free association with President Trump. Such a turning of the tables has been done before, and is a quirk of Trump statecraft: Just ask the Taliban, which eventually learned the frenemy of my enemy is my new best friend.<\/p>

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Under a COFA framework, Greenland can achieve full sovereignty and a seat at the UN, while granting the USA exclusive and perpetual military basing rights and a mandate over its external defense (powers America largely has already, through its bilateral defense treaty with Denmark, its leadership role at NATO, and its predominance at NORAD).<\/p>\n

This would solve Greenland\u2019s security dilemma and inject massive American infrastructure investment into its domestic economy, replacing Danish financial dependence with American strategic partnership. With a secure, America-protected, independent Greenland established, the second phase of Inuit unification can begin: with its sovereign expansion and integration of Nunavut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nunavut\u2019s current status within Canada limits its economic autonomy and binds its security to Ottawa\u2019s chronically underfunded, albeit newly reaffirmed, Arctic defense efforts. To break free of its stagnation, Nunavut could exercise its right to self-determination, secede from Canada, and merge with a newly independent Greenland to form a unified greater Inuit state.<\/p>\n

This expanded Inuit state would logically find safety under a COFA negotiated by Greenland, and once Ottawa came to accept Nunavut\u2019s secession, all parties could amicably remain part of reimagined NORAD.\u00a0For Washington, extending America’s Greenland defense umbrella over Nunavut is logical and efficient. It will create a contiguous, secure North American Arctic buffer, streamlining continental defense under a single, unified command structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the Inuit, it will rejoin families, ecosystems, and resources separated for generations by western colonial cartography. Nunavut could offer Greenland its distinct, multilevel governance model, wedded to its three-decade-long settled Indigenous land claim treaty with its quarter-century of territorial self-governance, deftly balancing tradition and modernity. This would be transformative.<\/p>\n

Critics may argue that trading Canadian or Danish oversight for an American protectorate merely swaps one master for another. But this misunderstands the nature of modern protectorates, such as Palau and the Marshall Islands. Under a COFA, an Inuit state would retain complete domestic sovereignty, cultural autonomy, and control over its natural resources while leveraging its new economic and educational links to America. The United States would handle the financial and logistical burden of defense, leaving the Inuit free to govern their homeland.<\/p>

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June 21 marks not only the summer solstice, but in Canada it\u2019s also National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day that celebrates the resilience of the Arctic\u2019s original inhabitants.\u00a0 Read more Massie libels Israel Yet, celebration without sovereignty seems in many ways premature and incomplete. True self-determination for Inuit still requires a profound political transformation. 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