<strong>Poised with an ulu: </strong>Cora DeVos holds a traditional Inuit knife and shows off the traditional Inuit tattoos she has on her chest, wrists and fingers.
Poised with an ulu: Cora DeVos holds a traditional Inuit knife and shows off the traditional Inuit tattoos she has on her chest, wrists and fingers.
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<strong>Three women: </strong>Three generations of women and their traditional Inuit tattoos are featured in this image -- Cora DeVos (left), her mother, a residential school survivor (right) and her daughter (below).
Three women: Three generations of women and their traditional Inuit tattoos are featured in this image -- Cora DeVos (left), her mother, a residential school survivor (right) and her daughter (below).
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<strong>Methodology: </strong>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 ancestors. Some of the markings reflect an Inuit origin story about the sea goddess, Sedna.
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 ancestors. Some of the markings reflect an Inuit origin story about the sea goddess, Sedna.
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<strong>Marking revitalization: </strong>Hovak Johnston (second from right) poses with women who received their markings as part of Johnston's<strong> </strong>Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project that travels to remote northern Canada communities.
Marking revitalization: Hovak Johnston (second from right) poses with women who received their markings as part of Johnston's Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project that travels to remote northern Canada communities.
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