Greenlandic Americans
Greenlandic Americans (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Amerikkarmiut, Danish: Grønlandsk-Amerikanere) are Americans of Greenlandic descent.
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| Total population | |
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| 352[1] | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Greenlandic, Danish, Languages of Denmark | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Protestantism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Greenlanders, Danes, Greenlandic Canadian, Danish Americans, Faroese Americans, Scandinavian Americans, European Americans, Iñupiat, Native Americans |
Greenlandic Americans are often categorized as Scandinavian or Danish Americans, because of Greenland's status as an autonomous territory of Denmark. Some are in fact of Danish descent, though many are of Inuit ancestry, which is culturally distinct despite geographic similarities.[2]
Notable Greenlandic Americans
- Amandla Stenberg, actress
- Karina Møller, singer at Pamyua
- Maligiaq Padilla, kayaker
- Minik Wallace
- Simon Lynge, singer
References
- "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- Long, Lucy M. (2015). Ethnic American Food Today: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9781442227316.
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See also: Inuit diaspora and Greenlanders | ||
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