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Originally Posted by Shaunc
The town I live in is approximately 10% aboriginal but no it's not in the central desert area.
Sure there's an alcohol/drug problem amongst indigenous peoples but if they're refused service then the shopkeeper can be charged under discrimination laws.
I honestly believe that if the alcohol/drug problem amongst indigenous peoples could be cured 90% of the other problems would go away like unemployment, jail, domestic violence, sex abuse, etc.
Unfortunately the cure must come from within their own communities.
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I gather you are not a wanabee then
Shaunc, claiming non-existent Aboriginal ancestry or pretending to be one by painting and feathering yourself up and doing the dances.
(Difficult to even imagine, isn’t it?)
But why do Americans and Europeans pretend to be Amerinds?
I did read the
“Why do Danes practice powwow dancing and singing”, but I still don’t get it.
http://www.powwows.dk/eng/en/eng_why.html
Especially in the face of this everyday reality:
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Euro...ife-in-Denmark
http://www.vestfilm.dk/inukwoman/afilm.html
Why the double standard?
So – sort of back to the original question – why are Europeans so fascinated by Native Americans
over other Natives?
Why has 'Native American Spirituality' become a commodity?
I would wish there to be recognition and respect for ALL indigenous cultural identities and spiritual traditions, and also understanding what dispossession from land and family, loss of identity, heritage, culture and language and poor treatment does to people.