nativnuance: “Beyond the fact that ‘Indian’ derives from a geographically challenged explorer, it suggests a cultural and racial homogeneity that does not exist. There are over five hundred and sixty indigenous nations and/or communities and hundreds of language stocks within the lands that constitute the United States alone.” - Jodi Byrd, The Transit of Empire
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nativnuance:

“Beyond the fact that ‘Indian’ derives from a geographically challenged explorer, it suggests a cultural and racial homogeneity that does not exist. There are over five hundred and sixty indigenous nations and/or communities and hundreds of language stocks within the lands that constitute the United States alone.”

- Jodi Byrd, The Transit of Empire

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Obscura - A Transcendental Serenade

nitanahkohe:

photos of Strong Left Hand (Cheyenne), 1906:

Hote-Ne-A-Ate-Zi lost her first [of seven] husbands at the battle of the Little Bighorn. She is said to have admitted scalping and mutilating dead soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry after the battle, [as revenge for the US military’s similar treatment of Cheyenne dead after the Sand Creek Massacre].

She is the mother of fifteen daughters and two sons…[and is] a lovable, jovial old soul.

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sikssaapo-p: furose: sunshineofhappiness: meeeee I would rip that off of your head if I saw you in publicAn Open Letter to Non-Natives in Headdresses But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?My Identity Is Not A Costume for You To Wear! On why prancing around in a headdress and war paint isn’t ~appreciating~ “native culture” “These fictions create confusion when they meet reality, these fictions can also cause harm when they replace reality. Today, there are 4.1 Million American Indians in this country, and many of them [like me] are urban. In fact, New York City has 100,000 American Indian people, while here in Albuquerque there are 33,000 American Indians. Now, we do not look, act, behave or believe in the same things, in fact, there is no one way to look or act, or to be Indian. We are diverse as the five-hundred and sixty-two sovereign nations.”
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furose:

sunshineofhappiness:

meeeee

I would rip that off of your head if I saw you in public

An Open Letter to Non-Natives in Headdresses
But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?
My Identity Is Not A Costume for You To Wear!
On why prancing around in a headdress and war paint isn’t ~appreciating~ “native culture”

“These fictions create confusion when they meet reality, these fictions can also cause harm when they replace reality. Today, there are 4.1 Million American Indians in this country, and many of them [like me] are urban. In fact, New York City has 100,000 American Indian people, while here in Albuquerque there are 33,000 American Indians. Now, we do not look, act, behave or believe in the same things, in fact, there is no one way to look or act, or to be Indian. We are diverse as the five-hundred and sixty-two sovereign nations.”

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