Greenland's Inuits reclaim identity as independence debate grows and another US VIP visit looms
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    During colonial rule, Denmark enforced assimilation policies, unofficially banning the Inuit language, forced sterilisations and removing children from their families to be placed in Danish homes. Policies which left Greenlanders bitter.                                
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            During colonial rule, Denmark enforced assimilation policies, unofficially banning the Inuit language, forced sterilisations and removing children from their families to be placed in Danish homes. Policies which left Greenlanders bitter.