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<blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9029663" data-attributes="member: 6750502"><p>This is what the book says on the matter:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To give some perspective on this as a US citizen but who is not Indigenous, there's been an ongoing problem of non-Native people incorporating aspects of culture and spiritual traditions without consultation from the original practitioners to do so in a respectful way. In the 70s there was an entire industry of "plastic shamans" of people pretending to be Native American and charging people money to learn about "mystic Indian secrets." There's also the fact that when it comes to pop culture in general, most people telling stories about Native Americans aren't Native themselves, using consultants from that group, or are proper anthropologists/historians/etc in the societies they're talking about.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://screenrant.com/twilight-quileute-controversy-native-mythology-scandal-explained/" target="_blank">A good example to pull from this are the Quileute Tribe in Twilight, but when it comes to cultural penetration most people think of them as werewolves in popular culture. Meanwhile, their actual stories and history aren't given much thought.</a></p><p></p><p>As the total amount of Indigenous American tribes number in the hundreds, and many tribes now number only a few hundred or thousand, they often don't have enough cultural penetration that the average person can easily research them; there's also the fact that many traditions are intentionally kept secret from outsiders due to fears of incorrect information spreading.</p><p></p><p>Contrast this with Japanese anime and manga. It's not that hard to research actual Japanese history and culture, or speak with Japanese people on their own culture. But when it comes to a small isolated tribe who only passes down history within their own circle it's all too easy for even a mid-level or big-time writer/media personality to end up giving an incorrect view of what some Indigenous cultural aspect is really like. And have their voice end up as the dominant voice for their people, like what happened with the Quileute.</p><p></p><p>Naturally this isn't a one size fits all aspect; like mentioned, there's a lot of different tribes who have their own standards on what they're comfortable in sharing, but it is a recurring problem that there are many tribes who don't want outsiders to engage with certain cultural details given all too often it's been used the wrong way. I will say that the "no using non proper nouns from Indigenous languages that aren't in this book" may be a bit hard to do as the English language has so many loanwords.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libertad, post: 9029663, member: 6750502"] This is what the book says on the matter: To give some perspective on this as a US citizen but who is not Indigenous, there's been an ongoing problem of non-Native people incorporating aspects of culture and spiritual traditions without consultation from the original practitioners to do so in a respectful way. In the 70s there was an entire industry of "plastic shamans" of people pretending to be Native American and charging people money to learn about "mystic Indian secrets." There's also the fact that when it comes to pop culture in general, most people telling stories about Native Americans aren't Native themselves, using consultants from that group, or are proper anthropologists/historians/etc in the societies they're talking about. [URL='https://screenrant.com/twilight-quileute-controversy-native-mythology-scandal-explained/']A good example to pull from this are the Quileute Tribe in Twilight, but when it comes to cultural penetration most people think of them as werewolves in popular culture. Meanwhile, their actual stories and history aren't given much thought.[/URL] As the total amount of Indigenous American tribes number in the hundreds, and many tribes now number only a few hundred or thousand, they often don't have enough cultural penetration that the average person can easily research them; there's also the fact that many traditions are intentionally kept secret from outsiders due to fears of incorrect information spreading. Contrast this with Japanese anime and manga. It's not that hard to research actual Japanese history and culture, or speak with Japanese people on their own culture. But when it comes to a small isolated tribe who only passes down history within their own circle it's all too easy for even a mid-level or big-time writer/media personality to end up giving an incorrect view of what some Indigenous cultural aspect is really like. And have their voice end up as the dominant voice for their people, like what happened with the Quileute. Naturally this isn't a one size fits all aspect; like mentioned, there's a lot of different tribes who have their own standards on what they're comfortable in sharing, but it is a recurring problem that there are many tribes who don't want outsiders to engage with certain cultural details given all too often it's been used the wrong way. I will say that the "no using non proper nouns from Indigenous languages that aren't in this book" may be a bit hard to do as the English language has so many loanwords. [/QUOTE]
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