
Poised with an ulu: Cora DeVos holds a traditional Inuit knife and shows off the traditional Inuit tattoos she has on her chest, wrists and fingers.

Three women: Three generations of women and their traditional Inuit tattoos are featured in this image -- Cora DeVos (left), her mother, a residential school survivor (right) and her daughter (below).

Methodology: Most of the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project's tattooing is done in the traditional poke way, but a woman may also receive a stitch or two -- as depicted here -- as homage to the ancestors. Some of the markings reflect an I