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Native America Calling: The concern over rising American imperialism to Indigenous people abroad and at home
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The concern over rising American imperialism to Indigenous people abroad and at home
President Donald Trump appears to have backed off his most urgent rhetoric, for now, around acquiring Greenland against the will of nearly every European nation and the vast majority of Americans.
But the threat of a potential takeover of Greenland and other sovereign nations remains, with Trump officials also putting Cuba, Colombia and even Canada and Mexico on notice for what Trump himself refers to as the “Donroe Doctrine,” a reference to the 200-year-old foreign policy asserting America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
The momentum for such imperialistic rhetoric is a reminder of a dark time for Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples potentially in Trump’s path.
Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Sara Olsvig (Inuk from Greenland), chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Ph.D in Arctic studies
Andrea Carmen (Yaqui), executive director of the International Indian Treaty Council
Tillie Martinussen, former member of Parliament of Greenland, known as the Inatsisartut in the Greenlandic language.
Malu Rosing, advisor on Arctic and global governance for the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
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