#inuk artist

[abwwia]

Photo: National Film Board of Canada

Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013)

[made-myself-miserable]

Okay. I just want to share this song with EVERYONE and it occurred to me that fans of The Terror might be particularly receptive to an awesome Inuktitut cover of "The Unforgiven." I'd never heard the original (apparently it's by some band called Metallica lol) and this just blew me away. The other two singles Elisapie has released from this album ("Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time)" and "Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass)") have also been fucking dope and I've been listening a lot but this one is just..... next level in my opinion.

Anyway, I know some folks who watch The Terror are interested in Inuit culture ETC, PLUS when I read the English lyrics to this song I was like ha ha ha there are connections here to our cold boys. So if you are interested GIVE IT A LISTEN and then scream with me over how good it is

[fangogh]

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk

ANIMALS, SPIRITS, SHAMAN

coloured pencil drawing

[probablymoons]

inuk miku

[zoetheneko]

My legendary cookie and her past self

(Inspired from Sedna, Inuk Goddess of the sea)

[eywaseclipse]

Spent some time working on this. Got inspired by @thewarmblanket snow clan post and watching informational videos on Greenland lol. I love learning. And this snow na’vi is based off Inuit culture. Including the traditional tattoos called Tunniit. Did I mention this is a free draw with my non dominant hand? 🤗

“The process and method of making Tunniit is called kakiorneq in West Greenland and kagierneq in the east (both can be translated as "sewn with a needle").

The tradition of making and wearing Tunniit has mainly been passed on by Inuit women, as a sign of their spiritual responsibility and sewing skills. The kakiorneq and kagierneq techniques traditionally involve the use of a needle and sinew thread (thread made from the muscle of the reindeer's hind legs) dipped in a mixture of soot, oil and urine to create a line under the top layer of the skin. An alternative method involves the use of a sharp tool to make a small hole in the skin, followed by the application of a sooty substance to create a distinctive dot.”

[laikacore]

OUT NOW for FREE, Laika Wallace’s second novel, Lured to the Lake

cover art by @snommie​

Learning how to love your family, love yourself, and love the people right in front of you…

The second installment in the Shimmering Lake Summer Camp series, Lured to the Lake follows Ava and Sid as they attend the second session of camp, one year after Ronnie and Morgan did. Ava and her siblings, Gwen and Henry, have lived a long life of hardship. Even now that they’re living happily with their adoptive family, they struggle to handle the way life has treated them. Ava feels she will never be free of the shadow of their father, with Henry mirroring him more and more every day. When even the camp proves to not be a safe escape for her, it takes a lot, from love to magic, for her to feel safe again. But at the end of the summer, she discovers she is more than a scared little girl. Meanwhile, Sid finds himself caught in a strange world, falling in love with a fellow camper who can turn into a lion, and lured to the lake by the mournful songs of a glittering white kelpie. But they’re not the only thing lurking in the waters of Shimmering Lake, and a love triangle is the least of Sid’s problems…

Trigger warnings for this book include: physical assault (on screen), child abuse, parent death, grandparent death, animal death (on screen), animal sickness (on screen), bullying (on screen), racism, transphobia, homophobia, animal attack (on screen), near drowning (on screen), mental health struggles

Link in first reblog to website where you can read it for free as a downloadable PDF or in browser

[lostnighterarts]

this trend is made for her for real😔

baby Ken was kidnap when she was 3 by a disciple of Dr. Sinister who experimented on mutant children, he attacked children from minorities such as indigenous peoples, shaving off their hair and forcing them to forget all their customs in order to exert mental and moral domination over them.

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Pitaloosie Saila

Illustrator and printmaker Pitaloosie Saila was born in 1942 in Kinngait, Canada. Over the course of her artistic career, Saila created more than 1,000 drawings and over 165 prints. Her artwork has been included in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions. In 2004, Saila was appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts. Her work is in the collections of several institutions, including the Canadian Museum of History and the National Gallery of Canada, and has been featured on a Canadian postage stamp.

Pitaloosie Saila died in 2021 at the age of 79.

[uwmspeccoll]

The author, Angela Hovak Johnston.

Johnston and Marjorie Tungwenuk Tahbone, traditional tattoo artist.

Catherine Niptanatiak: "I designed my own, something that represents me and who I am, something that I would be proud to wear and show off, and something that would make me feel confident and beautiful. . . . I have daughters and I would like to teach them what I know. I would like for them to want to practice our traditions and keep our culture alive."

Cecile Nelvana Lyall: "On my hand tattoos, from the top down, the triangles represent the mountains. . . . The Ys are the tools used in seal hunting. . . . The dots are my ancestors. . . . I am so excited to be able to truly call myself and Inuk woman."

Colleen Nivingalok: "The tattoos on my face represent my family and me. The lines on my chin are my four children -- my two older boys on the outside protecting my daughters. The lines on my cheeks represent the two boys and the two girls on either side. The one on my forehead represents their father and me. Together, we live for our children."

Doreen Ayalikyoak Evyagotailak: "I have thought about getting traditional tattoos since I was a teenager. . . . When I asked the elders if I could have my own meaning for my tattoos, they said it wouldn't matter. My tattoos symbolize my kids."

Mary Angele Takletok: "I always wanted traditional tattoos like the women in the old days. I wanted them on my wrists and my fingers so I could show I'm Inuk."

Melissa MacDonald Hinanik: "As a part of celebrating my heritage and revitalizing important traditional customs that form my identity, I believe I have earned my tattoos. I am a beautiful, strong young woman. I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a friend, and an active community member. I reclaim the traditional customs as mine, I re-own them as a part of who I am."

Star Westwood: "We still have some of our culture, but some things are slowly dying. Having tattoos helps us keep our culture alive. . . . . My tattoos represent my dad and my dad's dad. The ones closest to my wrists represent my sisters."

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National Tattoo Day

July 17 is National Tattoo Day. To celebrate, we present some images from Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing, compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston, co-founder with Marjorie Tahbone of the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project, with photographs by Inuit photographer Cora DeVos, and published in Iqaluit, Nunavut by Inhabit Media Inc. in 2017.

For thousands of years, Inuit have practiced the traditional art of tattooing. Created the ancient way, with bone needles and caribou sinew soaked in seal oil, sod, or soot, these tattoos were an important tradition for many Inuit women, symbols etched on their skin that connected them to their families and communities. But with the rise of missionaries and residential schools in the North, the tradition of tattooing was almost lost. In 2005, when Angela Hovak Johnston heard that the last Inuk woman tattooed in the old way had died, she set out to tattoo herself in tribute to this ancient custom and learn how to tattoo others. What was at first a personal quest became a project to bring the art of traditional tattooing back to Inuit women across Nunavut.

Collected in this book are photos and stories from more than two dozen women who participated in Johnston's project. Together, these women have united to bring to life an ancient tradition, reawakening their ancestors' lines and sharing this knowledge with future generations. Hovak Johnston writes: "Never again will these Inuit traditions be close to extinction, or only a part of history you read about in books. This is my mission."

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines forms part of our Indigenous America Literature Collection.

Angela Hovak Johnston (right) with her cousin Janelle Angulalik and her aunt Millie Navalik Angulalik.

View other posts from our Indigenous America Literature Collection.

[kaccvcate]

I own a couple woodcuts by an Inuk artist. The guy I got em from said they were from the 1950s. They aren't signed on the front, and it would be very difficult to get them out of the frames without breaking them. There were a couple more by the same artist at the antique store where I found these, but I couldn't afford them all, unfortunately - one was of a polar bear that was so beautiful, it had gorgeous minimalist linework, not unlike some classic Japanese art. But I got this one instead:

I really love the stylization of the sun dog here.

[erismourn]

it’s colonialism weekend. give native people your money. here are some of my personal recs, but you must do more research yourself. don’t let me be the only native you see on your timeline.

beadsagainstfascism - BAF is one of the coolest people I’ve known and does a lot of great harm reduction work with high risk folks in tkaronto

nunaraqcrafts - mango makes really cool beadwork and is a low-income inuk from my province trying to provide for their family

irvingnator - irving is a great artist and single parent struggling to pay bills. please help them out!

ontario native women’s association

toronto indigenous harm reduction

decolonizemyself - 2s cree who posts a TON of decolonial news every day

i also follow 800+ indigenous artists and activists on my insta.  you can peruse that list here

additionally if you want to support me (disabled indigiqueer artist) today, you can look at my beadwork, my prints, or send me a tip

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

@midnight1404

Inuk Inquisitor and Māori Hawke

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Another fine solstice image: Night Spirits by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013)

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“Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its breath. Woniya, woniya wakan—spirit, life, breath, renewal—it means all that. Woniya—we sit together, don’t touch, but something is there; we feel it between us, as a presence. A good way to start thinking about nature, talk about it. Rather talk to it, talk to the rivers, to the lakes, to the winds as to our relatives.”

― John (Fire) Lame Deer, Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions

[alive on all channels]

[victusinveritas]

Another fine solstice image: Night Spirits by Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013)

[mybeingthere]

Keeper Of The Kelp

By Inuit artist Mary Pudlat (Inuk, 1923 - 2001)

Cape Dorset, 2001

Lithograph

55 x 63.8 cm