Wearing Inuit facial tattoos, Shaman mother and daughter, Therecie Sanimuinaq Pedersen, left, and Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq, pose for a portrait at Aviaja’s studio where she performs Inuit ...

When I first examined the shaman spirit mask at the Madison ROADSHOW in July 2009, ... Eskimo vs. Inuit. As to the terms Eskimo and Inuit as I used them during my on-air appraisal: ...

But a shaman can also beat the drum to put himself into a state of enhanced power." Burdick says there are still shamans in the now largely Christian Inuit community, though they don't have the ...

Greenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos. For some, it’s a way to proudly reclaim their ancestral roots. But it's ...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she’s proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders reclaiming their Inuit ...

Wearing Inuit facial tattoos, Shaman mother and daughter, Therecie Sanimuinaq Pedersen, left, and Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq, pose for a portrait at Aviaja’s studio where she performs Inuit ...

Shaman Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq places her hand on the paw of a polar bear that her family hunted and that is now at a studio where she performs Inuit ancestral spiritual healing in Nuuk, Greenland ...

Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq, an angakkoq or shaman, poses for a portrait where she performs soul healing in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.