Indigenous Olympics link roundup

In link roundup, Olympics, Vancouver Games by Adrienne K.Leave a Comment

As promised, I’ve tried to pull together some informative links/articles/blog posts about the Indigenization of the winter Olympics. This is by no means exhaustive (not even close!) so if anyone has more, please send them my way! An Indigenous Olympics?– Toban Black via Sociological Images (AK note: this is a fantastic, well researched, well written piece, I wanted to quote …

Native Link Roundup

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Russian Ice Dance Tribute to Aborigines Offensive to Aborigines “They have got the whole thing wrong,” said Stephen Page, artistic director of the respected indigenous group, the Bangarra Dance Company. Page said there were no traditional movements in the routine, the music sounded more like it came from India or Africa than Aboriginal Australia and the body paint looked like …