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Greenland’s Inuit youth in search of new identity
NUUK: Her traditional hand and face markings a sign of Inuit pride, Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen is part of a new generation in Greenland seeking a fresh cultural identity with an eye to independence one day.In Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory in the Arctic holding legislative elections on Tuesday, almost 40 % of the 56,000 inhabitants are under the age of 25.Young people here have long struggled with high rates of sexual abuse, violence, suicide and alcohol addiction.Inuits — who comprise 90 % of Greenland’s population — have grappled with identity issues as the modern world has affected their traditional way of life during and after Denmark’s colonisation, which ended in 1953.Poulsen

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