I got a little impulse and deleted my account in the rush... back now tho and the same saga still, so will post here.
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Wanted to answer the thread.
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I am btw female and live in Finland, to answer bit in earthw7's question... so not indigenous, other than in my own culture, if you can count the strong roots in the land and family around the area for ages to be indigenous for the culture.
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In other words, I am as white as it gets still. :p
And yes, I have noticed that most of the information in internet is indeed not too valid... And I actually have visited museums and read tons and tons of books about indigenous cultures, just too many of those are more or less written by white people... so been browsing your forum to find some more valid sources about the history, culture and the spirituality too. And to ask the other question, I am just over all interested about cultures and the people in them, NOT to exploit them in any way, but to understand them better. I have to say that I am ashamed that I have been so interested in cultures that I haven't always even questioned the sources where the info comes. :/ It also makes me angry, since I want to understand the REAL culture, not necessary to know about the personal spiritual practises of people, but to learn something about the origins and the thoughts behind them. I think spirituality is personal anyway, I don't go telling around exactly how I "worship" my gods either... And yes, after reading the forums more, I do understand why there is no big trust towards people who start asking questions, so wont start asking any.
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I found couple of links around here to books written by native people and stuff, so will check if I can get any around here to read... It sucks that the information is so twisted everywhere... bit same when looking the roots of my own culture, all the christianity and romantic as well as down grading the original beliefs and culture has wiped so much of it off that it is hard to find the real thing behind it.
Which reminds me, is this site made up stories or real ones else
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html ? If someone has any info? There's also the rainbow warrior prophecy that is widely used in backing up lots of stuff in new age area...
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore133.htmlI am pretty interested in lore too, but have no idea what is real and what is not anymore... I have a book too.. American indian stories, by Zitkala-Sa (or Getrude Bonnin), who is supposed to be Yankton Sioux, well was 1876-1938... She is authentic isn't she? Or one of the first wannabes?
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Native rights activist and writer says the book's back cover...