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Hand-poke Tattoos

Flags of member nations fly high in this 2005 photo at the United Nations, which is hosting a worldwide climate change conference Nov. 1-12, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. Indigenous leaders, however, are facing barriers gaining access to the conference. ( UN Photo by Joao Araujo Pinto via Creative Commons)
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: International condemnation, new voices and once-banned body art in Japan

By Deusdedit Ruhangariyo
A new album, “Sweet Tooth,” from Wabanaki bass player, composer and songwriter Mali Obomsawin, combines field recordings, old hymns, stories and Indigenous jazz for a traditional but innovative musical response to colonialism. The album was released in October 2022 by Out of Your Head Records. (Courtesy photo)
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INDIGENOUS A&E: Jazzy music, ancient pottery, and hand-poke tattoos

By Sandra Hale Schulman