By Cristina Verán
During the most recent edition of Greenland’s annual Suialaa Arts Festival, the city of Nuuk was host to the "Sámi Embassy" (Lávvustallan), a work representing, at once, contemporary public installation art, scaled-up traditional craftsmanship, and Indigenous diplomacy in action. Through this piece, the vision of Beaska Niillas (Sámi) illustrates how ancestral foundations can forge new tools and alliances among nations.