New Arctic nations?

WI the thawing Article ice cap allows exploitation of mineral resources in the high arctic?
WI native bands grow rich on resource extraction?
WI native bands reclaim sovereignty?
Neo Lappland?
Neo Na-Dene in the western Canadian Arctic?
Neo Eskimoland along the coast of Alaska?
Neo Creeland in northern Quebec?
Various native tribes of Siberia ....?
 
Not likely, since these areas are already within existing nation-states that are unlikely to grand indigenous peoples independence. However, one might see the indigenous people in these areas becoming wealthier and more influential in domestic politics. On the other hand, many native cultural traditions that evolved around a circumpolar habitat and exploitation of the arctic resources might be lost. Also, there might be increasing pressures from settlement if the climate becomes more temperate.
 
This would have to be in the far ish future so its hard too say really. It requires the break up of at least one nuclear power. That has been done but how many peaceful ones does humanity have left.

Is Greenland a independent nation yet?

the 22nd century could be a Canadian century! ugh...:D:(:eek:
 
This would have to be in the far ish future so its hard too say really. It requires the break up of at least one nuclear power. That has been done but how many peaceful ones does humanity have left.

Is Greenland a independent nation yet?

the 22nd century could be a Canadian century! ugh...:D:(:eek:
Québec, Québec? :p:p
 
Quebec as a new Arctic nation?
Hardly.
I suggested that the Cree or Inuit in Northern Quebec might form new nations.

Currently, Northern Quebec is thinly populated by natives.
Meanwhile all the white (European descent) Québécois huddle near the St. Lawrence River. White Québécois only venture north to build hydro-electric dams or dig mines.
 
If you have enough industrialization that global warming makes that land able to support agriculture, then you have enough that the established nations are going to have conquered them, and would move in. Sorry.
 
While not in the Arctic Circle, NFLD and LAB is close, and could have gone independent in 1949. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland

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These areas are sparsely populated, and the local way of life has adapted to be that way due to the climate being unsuitable for large populations. Should the Arctic thaw, there probably won't be a significant population growth from the indigenous populations, at least not before outsiders from the southern regions move in and set up shop.

If the indigenous people profit and become rich off of the new open land, that will lower their population growth rate even more. As far as I'm aware, Greenland's population growth rate is already the same as any developed country of Western Europe.
 
You can just look at what's happening in Northern Alberta with the oil sands and a city like Fort McMurray which has over 100 thousand people now when just a few decades ago had a fraction of that. Fort Mac was apparently mostly Metis hunting lands back in the day.

For Canada at least if more resources and opportunities are opened up up north you'll just have more southern Canadians move there to take advantage.
 
I've heard speculation before that a future independent Greenland might end up as northern version of the Gulf Coast states, with non-citizen laborers working in the gas and oil industries vastly outnumbering the natives
 
Lappland autonomy, Greenland independence, and Northwest Canada autonomy are possibilities. These countries will become a lot more relevant due to technology increasing their economic values but would be mired with Dubai-like expat problems ,but nowhere near as pronounced.
 
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