Reviving Ancestral Traditions: Indigenous Tattooing, Identity, and Modern Adaptations with Missy Mahan

About this episode

Missy Mahan shares her journey as an Indigenous tattoo artist and her connection to ancestral traditions.

#058 Prepare to be inspired by the incredible journey of Missy Mahan, an Indigenous tattoo artist with roots in the Tohono, O'odham, Yuchi, and Muscogee Nations. With over a decade in the tattoo industry, Missy has skillfully woven her cultural heritage into her art, co-owning Desert Bloom Tattoo in Phoenix, Arizona. Discover how Missy navigated the challenges of the pandemic with financial creativity, all while deepening her connection to ancestral tattoo traditions. Through her lens, we exp...

People in this episode

Host: Dion Kaszas

Guest: Missy Mahan

Topics covered

• Indigenous tattooing
• cultural heritage
• identity
• modern adaptations
• ancestral traditions
• tattoo industry
• financial creativity

Keywords

• Indigenous tattooing
• cultural heritage
• tattoo artist
• Desert Bloom Tattoo
• Tohono O'odham
• Yuchi
• Muscogee Nations
• identity
• modern adaptations
• financial creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Desert Bloom Tattoo

Places: Phoenix, Arizona, Tohono, O'odham, Yuchi, Muscogee Nations

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