Greenland Reconciliation Commission finds colonization did ‘a lot of damage’ – CBC

We were treated very, very badly,’ says Karla Jessen Williamson

Jan 04, 2018

The Greenland Reconciliation Commission released its final report last month after three years of research and public outreach.

The commission, launched in 2014 to investigate human rights abuses against Inuit in Greenland, stirred controversy as leaders in the Danish government denounced it and said it wouldn’t take part. Denmark was a former colonial ruler of Greenland.

The report released on Dec. 8 is only available in Danish and Kalaalisut, a dialect of the Greenlandic language. It examined the role the Greenland government played in colonialism.

“[It looks at] how do we, as Greenlanders, reconcile with ourselves,” says Karla Jessen Williamson, a member with distinction on the commission and an Inuk who grew up in Greenland, but now lives in Canada.

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