Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier ...

After nearly four years of employment with Hawaiian Airlines in Seattle, Sialega-Fili lost her job in early December when the company found out she had a traditional Samoan hand tattoo called a ...

HONOLULU (Island News)-- A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s ...

A tourist receives a traditional Samoan tattoo in his hotel room at Annie Grey’s Lagoon Beach Resort, in Apia, Samoa. Photograph by KENT KOBERSTEEN, Nat Geo Image Collection “I ask clients ...

Traditional Samoan tattoo has affected three men one of them has developed a flesh eating disease; another is suffering from blood poisoning and renal failure. Traditional Samoan tattoo has ...

She recently got a tualima, a traditional Samoan tattoo on her hand, after her father became seriously ill. "I basically got it for cultural beliefs and traditions," Sialega-Fili said. " ...

the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of traditional “tatau” found among the people of the Polynesian island country Samoa. Looking down at the body art, Army Capt. Isis Sake ...

For example, the Samoan tatau are different than the Native Hawaiian kakau, which are different from the Māori tā moko. Something that always bothers me is when I come across non-Polynesians with ...