For Angela Hovak Johnston, ink has made traditional tattoos possible and it’s also helped her fill pages in a new book. Reawakening Our Ancestors’ Lines was launched in Kugluktuk and Yellowknife in December. The 70-page coffee table book contains numerous photos of bodily ink patterns and 26 interviews with women who got Inuit tattoos, some […]
Author Archives: Derek Neary
Derek Neary has been reporting on developments in the North for 18 years. When he's not writing for Nunavut News, he's working on Northern News Services' special publications such as Opportunities North, NWT & Nunavut Mining, Construction and Degrees of Success. Derek's passion lies in human interest stories and he's indebted to those who share their struggles and triumphs. He has won more than a dozen journalism awards and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of King's College.
