"Danyal Harvey, 20, in her home in Anchorage, Alaska. Harvey was tattooed by Sarah Whalen-Lunn when she was 19 in Feburary 2018. She says that getting her tattoo was a decision that she spent a lot of time thinking about, but that once she did it, she felt like a more complete person. Her Inupiaq language instructors had the chin tattoos, and she says that when she first saw them, she thought, ""these women are so beautiful and strong in their culture and they make me want to be better and learn more about my culture.""  Harvey grew up in the village of Noorvik until she was 7, but then spent life between Fairbanks and boarding school in Galena before coming to Anchorage. When she would return to the village for summers, she says that she often felt out of place.  ""When I went back to Noorvik, people said that I sounded like a white girl,"" she says. ""I was like, 'I literally have no choice about that. I grew up basically in the city. I didn't have a chance to be in the village like the rest of you.' So, I feel like my tavlugun is saying like, 'hey, I'm Inupiaq, too. I'm from here. I'm still one of you'.""  One of her other reasons, she says, had to do with getting out of an unhealthy relationship. ""When I got my tavlugun, that was a part of it, too. Saying, 'I deserve more. My people have been through so many hardships for me not to be free.' It is a daily reminder that I'm worth all of the love that the world can give me. And that my people, and my ancestors, have been through too much for me to feel captured and to be being abused. That's not for me at all. And it's a daily reminder.""  There have been some criticisms to her tattoo, she says, but not many. When she first posted about her chin tattoo on Instagram, a friend messaged her and told her that she shouldn't have gotten it, that she wasn't appropriately heeding tradition. ""At this point, culture evolves,"" Harvey says. ""This tavlagun to me means something different than what other ladies' tavlaguns mean to them. I feel like people need to know that. That you do need to account for tradition. But when you're trying to bring something back, it evolves."""
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