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Greenlanders

Greenlanders meaning

plural of Greenlander

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When the missionaries found no descendants of the Norse Greenlanders, they baptized the Inuit Greenlanders they found living there instead.

Analysts, proposing a hypothetical offer, suggested a $500billion purchase split evenly amongst all Greenlanders - which would provide each citizen with a roughly $8.7million check - might be enough to sweeten the deal.

Greenlanders are citizens of Denmark.

Walter Berbrick, founding director of the Arctic Studies group at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., said a more consistent presence allows the U.S. to engage directly with the government and Greenlanders.

So why in the world would the Greenlanders want to become American citizens?

What do the Greenlanders themselves say about the research activity?

After the exploration party returns to base, the Greenlanders decide to return home the following spring.

A very specific indication in the Greenlanders' Saga of the latitude of the base has also been subject to misinterpretation.

Greenlanders had to keep in contact with Iceland and Norway in order to trade.

Greenlanders have the same rights throughout the kingdom as other citizens.

Greenland's minimal representation in the Folketing meant that despite 70.3% of Greenlanders rejecting entry into the European Common Market (EEC), it was pulled in along with Denmark in 1973.

In 1979, Denmark had granted home rule to Greenland, and in 2008, Greenlanders voted in favour of the Self-Government Act, which transferred more power from the Danish royal government to the local Greenlandic government.

In spring the Greenlanders return home with a good cargo, but Leif finds the truth about the Icelanders.

In the summer, they are visited by some of the local inhabitants who are scared by the Greenlanders' bull but happy to trade goods for milk and other products.

Little is known about any distinctive shipbuilding techniques among the Greenlanders.

Nearly all Greenlanders live along the fjords in the south-west of the main island, which has a relatively mild climate. citation Over 16,000 people reside in Nuuk, the capital city.

One day, the local traders are frightened by the sudden arrival of the Greenlanders' bull, and they stay away for three weeks.

Roman papal records report that the Greenlanders were excused from paying their tithes in 1345 because the colony was suffering from poverty.

The ancestors of the Inuit Greenlanders who live there today appear to have migrated there later, around 1200 AD, from northwestern Greenland.

The Europeans had brought diseases and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders.