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More Than Ink: Traditional Tattoos Roar Back In Alaska

Maya Sialuk Jacobsen of Greenland gives a henna tattoo to a friend’s chin during an event at the Anchorage Museum, part of the Polar Lab’s Tupik-Mi series on traditional tattoos. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, KSKA)

By Zachariah Hughes, KSKA – Anchorage | September 17, 2015

More and more Alaska Native women are getting face tattoos.

The traditional practice dates back centuries, but was banned by 19th and 20th century missionaries. Now it’s coming back. Though the techniques and customs were nearly lost, a new generation is using tattoos to reclaim what it means to be a strong native woman in the 21st century.

In the backroom of a small Anchorage tattoo parlor, Maya Sialuk Jacobsen used a thin needle to pull an inky thread through the skin on her friend’s wrist.

“I use the exit hole as the entrance for the next stitch,” Jacobsen explained, bent over her work as a…

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Dope Readz: Crack, Rap & Murder by Seth Ferranti

Seth Ferranti presents Crack, Rap & Murder: The Cocaine Dreams of Alpo & Rich Porter — “We were all friends [Chiles, Porter, and Martinez]. Preceding him killing Rich we were all cool on the street. We hung out. We got money. The fact that he told on anyone is not okay for me, and there is nothing to discuss, but even if he didn’t tell, we still wouldn’t be good because he killed Rich. I’m not cool with how that went. –Kevin Chiles, CEO – Don Diva Magazine

This week’s Dope Readz comes courtesy of prison inmate-turned-acclaimed street legend author Seth Ferranti and tells the life story of Harlem hood legends Alpo Martinez & Rich Porter.

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[“Alpo” was recently released from federal prison, according to Don Diva Magazine]

Stop by and cop a copy of Crack, Rap & Murder: The Cocaine Dreams of Alpo and Rich Porter on Amazon -then slide by Gorilla Convict for more ‘Street Legends’ commentary.

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Get Queen Pin By Jemeker Thompson

The Last Girl Standing

Jemeker Thompson-Hairston paid a heavy price for her involvement in the drug game. Learning from her sources of a federal investigation, Jemeker went on the run. It was love for her young son that brought her back to Los Angeles, even though she knew she would be arrested. A subsequent 15-year sentence would cost her not only her legitimate business and the fortune she’d amassed through the drug trade, but the most precious thing of all: time with her child. But not all was lost. Fortunately, while Thompson-Hairston was serving out the fifteen-year sentence, one pivotal moment helped her turn her life around, setting her on a path to help and inspire others like her. Now, in QUEEN PIN, written with New York Times bestselling author David Ritz, she reveals in gripping detail her journey of redemption that readers won’t soon forget.

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