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turnbacktyne · 2 years

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Are you native? I am too I’m lakota!

Ah unfortunately I'm not, but I'm so glad to hear that I have indigenous people in my followers!

I'm irish, but I've always wanted to learn and understand the native people in what's now America, especially since the irish and indigenous have a long history of supporting each other.

The powwow was open to the public and I wanted to learn and support local tribes so I was super happy I got to go! I learned a lot and saw amazing things, I loved the fancy shawl dance and the MC calling the dancers storytellers just really struck something in me

#especially since i wrote TF i've wanted to make sure i'm respectful of indigenous cultures #since westerns are rooted in a racist history #i tried my best to listen to NDN voices and be respectful whilst writing #but i know as a yt person i'll never truly understand #so i want to learn #and support #it was always my plan if TF ever blew up like other fics I'd use the fame to support indigenous people especially within the fandom #that and my new job places heavy focus on working with local tribes #especially in caring for ancestral puebloan artifacts we have in the park #i really wanted to invite people to come cause we let NDN in free but i didn't know how to say #plus i didn't want to speak up or be disrespectful while dancers were dancing

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