Indigenous Tattoo Gathering unites tradition, revitalization and reclamation

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August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments cultural genocide, Healing, Indigenous community, Indigenous elders, Indigenous Gathering, Indigenous history, Indigenous Tattoo Gathering, Indigneous tattooing, kanehariyo, Kanenhariyo Seth LeFort, medicine, Mohawk culture, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, residential schools, spirituality, stick and poke tattooing, Sylix Nation, tattoos, Truth and Reconciliation, Tyendinaga, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Uthlxanica, Uthlxanica7

The Longhouse property of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was the site of an Indigenous Tattoo Gathering August 21 – 24, 2021. Every day of the Gathering included all-day tattooing, while evening events included a social dance, a traditional fireball game, and a feast. The gathering ended the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 24,