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Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Their Culture, One Face Tattoo at a Time
In December 2020, Inuit TikTok user Shina Nova got her first facial tattoos - a thin line etched vertically on her chin and two across both cheeks - called Tunniit and Kakiniit. (Kakiniit refers ...
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Greenland's women rediscover Inuit facial tattoos
She is having the tattoos on her forehead and chin removed, as they represent Canadian Inuit designs and not Greenlandic ones, something she was not aware of when she first developed an interest ...
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Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
The shaman, who has Inuit facial tattoos, works with spiritual healing practices to help people connect with their ancestors and heal generational trauma. A sign outside her studio in the ...
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Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
Wearing Inuit facial tattoos, Shaman mother and daughter, Therecie Sanimuinaq Pedersen, left, and Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq, pose for a portrait at Aviaja’s studio where she performs Inuit ...