Will paperwork kill traditional tattooing?

Holly Mititquq Nordlum at Above The Rest tattoo shop in Anchorage, where she’s working to meet the state’s official requirements to be eligible for a tattoo license. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.Missionaries and colonization nearly extinguished the indigenous practice of tattooing among Alaska Natives and Inuit across the circumpolar north. Now, modern advocates and artists see the beginning of a widespread revival.
But revitalization efforts are being threatened