Inuit Tattoos in Greenland Today: A Marker of Cultural Identity

• Published in: Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
• Main Author: Jensen Hansen, Tukummeq
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; tattoo; Inuit; identity; Nunavut; Nuuk; greenlander*; Groenland; groenlandais; inuit; inuits; kalaallit
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1099153ar; https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan216

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...