Alaska’s Indigenous leaders call for solidarity with Greenlanders amid Trump’s threats

By: Max Graham, Northern Journal

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 26, 2026

Words: 864

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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In Washington, D.C., politicians are debating U.S. annexation of Greenland based on abstract ideas like “defense,” “security,” and “critical minerals.”

In Alaska, the issue is personal.

The state’s ties with Greenland go back centuries, to when the ancestors of the island’s Indigenous residents migrated east from Western Alaska.

Today, many Alaskans count Greenlanders as friends, colleagues or kin who speak a closely related language and participate in similar cultural traditions — and some Alaskans are …

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