Inuit Tattoos in Greenland Today: A Marker of Cultural Identity

• Published in: Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
• Main Author: Tukummeq Jensen Hansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: University of Alberta Library 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; tattoo; Inuit; identity; History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia; DL1-1180; Language and Literature; P; Nunavut; Nuuk; greenlander*; Groenland; groenlandais; inuit; inuits; kalaallit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan216; https://doaj.org/article/7165d6b6bf78427083dd6a986a585bf6

For years, Greenland has been under Danish colonial rule, which has left the Indigenous People of Greenland with trauma that still haunts them today. The search for identity that has left many young Inuit angry and confused has been difficult to express. Many young Inuit have chosen to use tradition...