(Jen Mussari’s now iconic image 🙂 ) I’ve come across some awesome blog posts in response to the Jezebel piece (found here) on Native fashion that Lisa at Sociological Images pulled together with images from this blog. The comment thread on the piece was really interesting, with people debating what should be deemed “ok” what is “offensive” and some just …
Random Appropriation of the Day! (Indian Smurfs)
Virtue B. sent over these smurf figurines from her recent trip to New York. They were posed to look like they were acting out a scene from a movie with cowboys and Indians. This guy’s wearing a buffalo headdress and leggings/loin cloth combo While this guy’s got an angry expression, some war paint, and a feathered spear. (see the smurf …
Sweat Lodges Part II: No, you can’t. Here’s why.
AK note: This is Part II in discussing sweat lodges and non-Natives. For Part I and background,click here. After that long lead in, lets break it down into some of the major issues at play here. I feel like I’m treading in a bit of dangerous water here, because admittedly sweats have not been a part of my spiritual tradition. …
Sweat Lodges: "Bro" Therapy? (Part I, the summary)
AK note: Thank you all so much for the love and positive feedback I’ve gotten in the last few days. It’s so exciting and humbling that this project I thought wouldn’t go outside of my family and a few friends has taken really taken off. I’m so appreciative of the support and so glad these issues are getting out there! …
Treasure Madness Update: Time to remove "Chief Scramble"
A few days ago, I posted this screenshot as a Random Appropriation of the Day: The next day, I was surprised when I received this comment on the post, from a representative of Treasure Madness: Hi ADRIENNE, Sorry if this egg offended you, it’s really just a joke. In Treasure Madness there are also hundreds of more authentic treasures to …
Roundup time: There’s been a lot going on!
Apologies for the lack of posts in the last week or so, I’m taking a statistics class that likes to take over my life every time we have an assignment due. But a lot has happened in the last few days, so I thought I’d do a little round-up! In the news: University of North Dakota retires “Fighting Sioux” …
Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, passes
(image via cherokee.org) Not an appropriation, but a sad day for Indian Country. Wilma Mankiller, the former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and the first woman to be elected to the position, passed away this morning. The press release from the Cherokee Nation is below: Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, passed away this morning. Mankiller …
Random Appropriation of the Day: Easter Edition
Today’s loosely-Easter related Random Appropriation comes from the “Treasure Madness” game on Facebook–which from what I can gather is a game where you, well, look for “treasure” in a virtual world. Tiffany (who sent this to me) noted that there is an Afro-egg that can be discovered as well. Text under the egg reads: “You have found Chief Scramble or …
White Wolf and Running Bear (Speidi) Update
(image via tmz.com) Ugh, another reason to just love the folks over at TMZ. Today’s Heidi and Spencer Native name drama headline? Speidi to Native Americans: It’s Peace Pipe Time Thanks TMZ for throwing that stereotype out there right off the bat, clearly the earlier posts were too subtle. Cause all us Natives smoke the peace pipe and everything, and …
I wish this was an April Fools joke…Speidi takes on "Native American" names
Spencer and Heidi Pratt are no strangers to publicity stunts, but their most recent attempt at getting into the tabloids is just plain weird. They have decided to take on “true Native American Names”. So, from now on Heidi will be known as “White Wolf” and Spencer as “Running Bear”. Could the have picked more stereotypical names? nice one, guys. …
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