The Kwanlin Traditional Tattoo Gathering in Whitehorse brought four Indigenous tattoo artists, plus apprentices, to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre over three days this month.

Arsaniq Deer has been an artist all her life. She works with watercolours, sewing, embroidery and — more recently — traditional Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit. "Inuit have always had tattoos ...

You do you. Nature and travel tattoos are easy to turn into popular modern clichés, but they also translate well to the traditional style. If you are obsessed with a particular hobby or fandom ...

Her niece had practised her new skill flawlessly, creating an exact replica of a traditional Inuit facial tattoo on her aunt's face. "I feel so complete," said Angulalik. "Like really complete.

Prior to the advent of technology, tattoos were created using traditional methods, involving painstakingly hand-poking each individual dot. These tattoos held significant meaning as indicators of ...