Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikToker Shina Novalinga (@shinanova) got a traditional tattoo with her mother in honor of their Inuit heritage. Novalinga is an ...

Candice Pedersen remembers hearing about her great-grandmother’s tattoos and wanting the same traditional markings on her skin. “She had them on her forehead, her cheeks and her chin, on her wrists ...

Methodology: Most of the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project's tattooing is done in the traditional poke way, but a woman may also receive a stitch or two -- as depicted here -- as homage to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The clip, which has more than 12 million views, features a montage of front-facing shots of Novalinga lip-syncing to Mason’s ...

NUUK, Greenland — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she’s proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders reclaiming their Inuit traditions and ...

TikToker Shina Novalinga (@shinanova) got a traditional tattoo with her mother in honor of their Inuit heritage.Novalinga is an Inuk throat singer, activist and influencer who’s amassed a large social ...

For millennia, Inuit women would get tattoos with needles made of bone or sinew soaked in suet. Each tattoo signified an important accomplishment — maybe skinning a fox or sewing a seal-skin parka.

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