Tattoo artist holds free event for Mtis frontline workers in Regina [Video]

People at the Midnight Oil Tattoo Shop in Regina last Sunday showed their Métis pride through infinity symbols on hats and shirts, the Métis sash, and in new tattoos.

They came to the Wahkotowin Tattoo Gathering to be tattooed for free with a symbol that represents their Métis heritage.

Tattoo artist Nolan Malbeuf, who is Cree-Métis from Beauval, Sask., said he loves tattooing flowers because there’s a resilience and fight in them that resonates with him. 

“You put a cultural symbol on somebody, you’re reinforcing that, hey man, we’re still here,” he said.

Malbeuf was at a tattoo convention in Toronto in August when he realized how grateful he was to be doing what he does and decided he wanted to give back the only way he knew how — through his art.

And when he decided he wanted to give back, he wanted to think big.

“You think big …