Indigenous Tattooing

This section will be dedicated to the articles and resources I collect and produce. If you have written an article, essay or have something that you might think would be appropriate for my site please forward to my email address dion@indigenoustattooing.com once I have recieved it and reviewed I may post it here or in my blog for others to check out, depending on it relevance and appropriateness.  

I will also be interviewing Indigenous tattoo artsits, elders and were I have permission will post them here for your enjoyment and enrichment.  

If you have pictures of Indigenous tattoos that you have created or received please send them with your name, and artists name. Please only submit those images you have permission to use.

All articles will be avaliable in pdf format.

Articles

This is an essay written for a Studio Art Theory class, it looks at some of the reasons why people are getting tattooed today. The one it highlights is that of consructing identity.

Modern Tattooing: Giving Roots to Modern Seaweeds

This is the original essay from the class which sparked my journey into researching Nlaka'pamux tattooing.

Excavating Cultural Treasure: Indigenous Tattooing in the Northwest of North America

This is the Power Point Presentation which went along with the above essay.

Indigenous Tattooing Research Power Point