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A Samoan woman is calling for greater acceptance and awareness around cultural tattoos after she was terminated from her workplace due to her tualima, a traditional hand tattoo.

In addition to his Samoan roots, Nacua is also of Portuguese and native Hawaiian descent. “Puka’s grandmother immigrated to ...