Native cultures are not interchangeable.
Dec. 7th, 2018 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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dragons-and-gays:
finding-my-culture:
Every single Native culture is distinct and unique, though many share similarities, and lumping them together is ridiculous. And while some practices are pan-Indian, the vast majority are not.
Kokopelli isn’t “Native American,” He’s Hopi.
Dreamcatchers aren’t “Native American,” they’re Ojibwe.
War bonnets aren’t “Native American,” they’re Plains Indian.
Wendigoag aren’t “Native American,” they’re Algonquian.
Totem poles aren’t “Native American,” they’re Northwest Coastal Indian.
Skinwalkers aren’t “Native American,” they’re Navajo.
Stop homogenizing our cultures. Every Native culture is beautiful and unique and deserves to be treated that way.
Don’t fall into the trope of “pan Indian”. Fucking teepees and totem poles never existed together. Totem poles are permanent structures, teepees are fucking tents for nomadic peoples. First Nations and indigenous cultures are all deep and uniquely complex, it would be like confusing England with Russia.
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dragons-and-gays:
finding-my-culture:
Every single Native culture is distinct and unique, though many share similarities, and lumping them together is ridiculous. And while some practices are pan-Indian, the vast majority are not.
Kokopelli isn’t “Native American,” He’s Hopi.
Dreamcatchers aren’t “Native American,” they’re Ojibwe.
War bonnets aren’t “Native American,” they’re Plains Indian.
Wendigoag aren’t “Native American,” they’re Algonquian.
Totem poles aren’t “Native American,” they’re Northwest Coastal Indian.
Skinwalkers aren’t “Native American,” they’re Navajo.
Stop homogenizing our cultures. Every Native culture is beautiful and unique and deserves to be treated that way.
Don’t fall into the trope of “pan Indian”. Fucking teepees and totem poles never existed together. Totem poles are permanent structures, teepees are fucking tents for nomadic peoples. First Nations and indigenous cultures are all deep and uniquely complex, it would be like confusing England with Russia.
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