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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...