Truly tribal : contemporary Indigenous tattooing / edited by Dion Kaszas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaszas, Dion, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tattooing.

Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

264 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2026]

Summary:

"Nineteen Indigenous ancestral skin markers from fifteen Nations and cultures around the world discuss their reclamation of traditional tattooing practices."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction Coyote Juggles his Eyes / Dion Kaszas

One A Visual Language: Poapoa - Skin Markings in Mekeo, Central Province, Papua New Guinea / Julia Mage'au Gray

Two Cherokee Tattos: Medicine for the Marked / Jerrid Lee Miller & Nathalie Standingcloud

Three He Kakano ahau i ruia mai i Rangiatea: I am a seed which was sewn in the heavens of Rangiatea / Julie Paama-Pengelly

Four Na Veiqia meu Talanoa: Skin Marking for Indigenous Fijian Women with the Veiqia Project / Dulcie Steward, Yasbelle Kerkow & Donita Vatuinaruku Hulme

Five Embodied Fonua: Reconstructiing Tatatau in Aotearoa / Terje Koloamatangi

Six 7Estez: I am Tattooing / Jacqueline Merritt

Seven Nlaka'pamux Skin Marking: Gathering Pieces of Coyote and Breathing Life into Practice / Dion Kaszas

Eight Skin Marking to Heal: Ancestral Skin Marking as Healing and (Re)Connection for Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA++ / Mel Lefebvre

Nine Foregrounding Care: Tattooing in Caring Relationship to One Another an the Land / Sheri Osden Nault

Ten PrePhilippine Living Traditions: Motifs and Practices from the Filipino Diaspora / Natalia Roxas

Eleven The Stories that Make Us: Tracing Ancestral Lines of Responsibility and Connection / Anne Spice

Twelve Emerging from the Tides: My Community and I / Nahaan

Thirteen Tohono O'odham and Yuchi: Reclaiming Ancestral Tattoo Practices / Missy Dunn-Mahan

Fourteen Learning the Visual Language of the Land: Mi'kmaw Blackwork / Gordon Sparks

Fifteen Wahkotowin: Building Connections Across Time for Those That Are Coming / Nolan Malbeuf

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-255) and index.

ISBN:

1773638092

9781773638096

OCLC:

1552036966

Publisher Number:

90104678916