Ancestral Ink: A Symposium Honoring Indigenous Tattoo Traditions Part 2 - a podcast by Ginger Dunnill

For this broadcast I will present part 2 of a live recording from Ancestral Ink, a Symposium Honoring Indigenous Tattoo Traditions took place on Tewa/Tewa ancestral lands of what is now known as Santa Fe New Mexico on August 18th 2019. This Symposium brought together Indigenous tattoo practitioners and cultural bearers from the Pacific and North America who are the forerunners in the revival of traditional, cultural tattoo practises, This event provided space and time for an informative, engaging and inspiring forum that celebrated the resurgence and resilience of Indigenous peoples and traditional tattooing practices.

Ancestral Ink is produced collaboratively by Kua’aina Associates and Broken Boxes Podcast, and was hosted and supported by the Santa Fe Art Institute.

We will hear from Inupiaq tattoo practioner Marjorie Tahbone, a panel discussion by Native California cultural bearers who have been part of the renewal and reawakening of their tattoo traditions including - Loren Bommelyn (Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation), Lena Bommelyn (Karuk), L Frank Manriquez (Tongva-Acjachemen), Sage La Peña (NomtipomWintu). And Tiffany Adams. Corey Kamehanaokal Holt Taum (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli) and we end with Master tattoo practitioner, Keone Nunes (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli). Please isit our website at www.brokenboxespodcast.com to learn more about the full program, listen to the first part, and read about each featured tattoo practitioner and culteral bearer you will hear from on this broadcast.

This Symposium brought together Indigenous tattoo practitioners and cultural bearers from the Pacific and North America who are the forerunners in the revival of traditional, cultural tattoo practises, This event provided space and time for an informative, engaging and inspiring forum that celebrated the resurgence and resilience of Indigenous peoples and traditional tattooing practices.

Among the symposiums’ presenters were tattoo practitioners including Master tattoo practitioner, Keone Nunes (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli). Te Rangitu Netana who is Maori, Marjorie Tahbone, (Inupiaq from Nome, Alaska), Dion Kaszas (Nlaka`pamux who is a co-founder of the EarthLine Tattoo School on the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, Corey Kamehanaokal Holt Taum (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli)


In this the second part from a rebroadcasting the symposium, we will hear the rest of the speakers from the Ancestral Ink program recorded live. We hear from Inupiaq tattoo practioner Marjorie Tahbone, Tolowa Tribe cultural bearer Loern Me’-lash’ne Bommelyn who introduces a panel discussion by Native California cultural bearers who have been part of the renewal and reawakening of their tattoo traditions including - Loren Bommelyn (Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation), Lena Bommelyn (Karuk), L Frank Manriquez (Tongva-Acjachemen), Sage La Peña (NomtipomWintu). And Tiffany Adams. Corey Kamehanaokal Holt Taum (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli) and we end with Master tattoo practitioner, Keone Nunes (Native Hawaiian or Kanaka Maoli

learn more about the program here: http://www.brokenboxespodcast.com/podcast/2019/6/29/ancestral-ink-a-symposium-honoring-indigenous-tattoo-traditions

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