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By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News IQALUIT-Iqaluit city council unanimously voted Tuesday to raise Greenland\u2019s flag in response to the United States\u2019 threats against \u201cour family.\u201d \u201cGreenland belongs to Greenland,\u201d said Mayor Solomon Awa, who made the proposal during this week\u2019s regular council meeting. \u201cWe want to show support in these increasingly challenging times.\u201d Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of approximately 56,000 people, the vast majority of whom are Inuit. Council\u2019s decision comes a week after Greenland\u2019s red and white flag was raised in front of Nunavut\u2019s legislative assembly building, following days of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to gain control of the self-governing territory. Trump called the island a \u201cpiece of ice\u201d the United States needs to own for national… <\/p>\n

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By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News IQALUIT-Iqaluit city council unanimously voted Tuesday to raise Greenland\u2019s flag in response to the United States\u2019 threats against \u201cour family.\u201d \u201cGreenland belongs to Greenland,\u201d said Mayor Solomon Awa, who made the proposal during this week\u2019s regular council meeting. \u201cWe want to show support in these increasingly challenging times.\u201d Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark with a population of approximately 56,000 people, the vast majority of whom are Inuit. Council\u2019s decision comes a week after Greenland\u2019s red and white flag was raised in front of Nunavut\u2019s legislative assembly building, following days of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to gain control of the self-governing territory. Trump called the island a \u201cpiece of ice\u201d the United States needs to own for national... <\/p>\n

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