Tattooing among Native Americans were often performed as religious rituals, or in connection with the wars. Young men had to qualify for such decorations by killing enemies in war. Warriors often used their own bodies as “Goal Board” to keep track of how many they had killed. The tattoos were made by dotting the design into the skin with one or more animal bones or sharp teeth of fish before they rubbed coal or okra into the wounds.

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