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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 8488107" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Hi, in this thread I will document the racially and culturally problematic facets of the D&D book<em> GAZ10: The Orcs of Thar </em>(1988). For an overview, see <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/132809/GAZ10-The-Orcs-of-Thar-Basic" target="_blank">Shannon Appelcline's product write-up at DriveThruRPG</a>.</p><p></p><p>I write this as a long-time aficionado of D&D, and of the Known World of Mystara.</p><p></p><p>I recently started another thread on this topic over on the Mystara Piazza: "<a href="https://thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=28559&start=50" target="_blank">Passé aspects of Real World-based cultural depictions</a>." There I've experienced a mixture of supportiveness and stiff personal snarkiness. And so I wish to open another venue for discussion here at ENWorld, within a wider community which is not so emotionally tied to the canonical Mystara legacy of previous editions.</p><p></p><p>I have some experience in the field of cultural amends. A biographical note:</p><p></p><p>-I have Caucasian physiognomy, and am of primarily Euro-American ancestry (Gaels, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Britons, Franks). Though I have a homeopathic dose of Aniyvwiyaʔi (Cherokee) and PoHaTan (Powhatan) ancestry, I am not a citizen of any present-day Tribal Governance.</p><p>-I've done graduate work in American Indian Studies at Montana State University.</p><p>-I was one of the main contributors to the <a href="https://native-land.ca/" target="_blank">Native Land google map</a>, which has gone viral. There's even a text service which will tell you what Traditional Territories you're standing in at the moment. I provided most of the maps for the Traditional Territories in the U.S. (You can see <a href="https://native-land.ca/about/" target="_blank">my name here</a>.)</p><p>-In a town near Philadelphia, I co-facilitated an <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/threefoldnow/lenape-amends" target="_blank">amends ceremony which was attended by local representatives of the Lenape Nation</a>.</p><p>-I wrote a book <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1536961361" target="_blank">The Original Peoples of the Driftless Region</a></em>.</p><p>-The Village of Philmont, N.Y. asked me to <a href="https://philmont.org/precontact-history-of-philmont/" target="_blank">write a history of their pre-contact indigenous history</a>.</p><p>-I monetarily support the <a href="https://lakotawaldorfschool.org/" target="_blank">Lakota Waldorf School</a>, on the Pine Ridge Reservation.</p><p></p><p>I'll share the problematic details of GAZ10 in the following posts.</p><p></p><p>-Travis Henry</p><p>Akron, Ohio</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 8488107, member: 6688049"] Hi, in this thread I will document the racially and culturally problematic facets of the D&D book[I] GAZ10: The Orcs of Thar [/I](1988). For an overview, see [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/132809/GAZ10-The-Orcs-of-Thar-Basic']Shannon Appelcline's product write-up at DriveThruRPG[/URL]. I write this as a long-time aficionado of D&D, and of the Known World of Mystara. I recently started another thread on this topic over on the Mystara Piazza: "[URL='https://thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?t=28559&start=50']Passé aspects of Real World-based cultural depictions[/URL]." There I've experienced a mixture of supportiveness and stiff personal snarkiness. And so I wish to open another venue for discussion here at ENWorld, within a wider community which is not so emotionally tied to the canonical Mystara legacy of previous editions. I have some experience in the field of cultural amends. A biographical note: -I have Caucasian physiognomy, and am of primarily Euro-American ancestry (Gaels, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Britons, Franks). Though I have a homeopathic dose of Aniyvwiyaʔi (Cherokee) and PoHaTan (Powhatan) ancestry, I am not a citizen of any present-day Tribal Governance. -I've done graduate work in American Indian Studies at Montana State University. -I was one of the main contributors to the [URL='https://native-land.ca/']Native Land google map[/URL], which has gone viral. There's even a text service which will tell you what Traditional Territories you're standing in at the moment. I provided most of the maps for the Traditional Territories in the U.S. (You can see [URL='https://native-land.ca/about/']my name here[/URL].) -In a town near Philadelphia, I co-facilitated an [URL='https://sites.google.com/site/threefoldnow/lenape-amends']amends ceremony which was attended by local representatives of the Lenape Nation[/URL]. -I wrote a book [I][URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/1536961361']The Original Peoples of the Driftless Region[/URL][/I]. -The Village of Philmont, N.Y. asked me to [URL='https://philmont.org/precontact-history-of-philmont/']write a history of their pre-contact indigenous history[/URL]. -I monetarily support the [URL='https://lakotawaldorfschool.org/']Lakota Waldorf School[/URL], on the Pine Ridge Reservation. I'll share the problematic details of GAZ10 in the following posts. -Travis Henry Akron, Ohio [/QUOTE]
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