Andu Schiodt Pikilak has dark dashes on her forehead descending into a deep “V” like geese flying in formation, an Inuit tattoo she sees as a rebirth for both her and Greenlandic culture.

NUUK - Andu Schiodt Pikilak has dark dashes on her forehead descending into a deep "V" like geese flying in formation, an Inuit tattoo she sees as a rebirth for both her and Greenlandic culture.

Inuit traditional face tattoos have been forbidden for a century, and almost forgotten. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, together with long-time friend and activist Aaju Peter, is determined to ...

Kakiniit, as it is called in Inuktitut, are hand-poked tattoos done by women, for women. In her hometown in Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Que., Deer did not see people with kakiniit growing up. Talking about ...