Soldier is first to get approval for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. Jonathan Lehrfeld, Jon Simkins. Mon, June 3, 2024 at 7:36 PM UTC. 5 min read.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...