Hovak Johnston, M.S.M.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Marjorie Linne Tungwenuk Tahbone, M.S.M.
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Hovak Johnston and Marjorie Tahbone created the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project to re-establish an Inuit art form that was on the verge of being lost. Traditionally, tattoos were given to women by women as a rite of passage and to represent their family’s heritage. The project’s first six-day event in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, reconnected more than two dozen women with their culture and inspired a new generation to carry on this tradition.