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 by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
Inside the cramped back room of an Anchorage tattoo parlor filled with colorful masks and sketches, tattoo guns steadily buzzed as artist Holly Mititquq Nordlum scrubbed down a sink.
“I’m doing a little bit of cleaning, just to make sure the space we&r