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Denmark's Inuit Experiment
In June 1951 a group of 22 Inuit children were sent from Greenland to Denmark to take part in a social experiment. The idea was for them to be re-educated as "little Danes."
In June 1951 a group of 22 Inuit children were sent from Greenland to Denmark to be re-educated as 'little Danes'. The hope was that they would help create a new and modern Greenland. Helene Thiesen was among the young indigenous children who took part in this social experiment.
(Photo: Helene Thiesen as a child, courtesy of H. Thiesen)
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