#native stereotypes

[oldshowbiz]

Custer (1967-1968) starring Wayne Maunder

[aroaceleovaldez]

mildly entertaining pjo fandom curse (mostly in that you can make games out of it):

everybody draws Piper showing skin. half the time Shel as well. literally almost EVERYBODY. go look at Piper fanart. is she wearing a crop top? i bet she is. or if she's wearing a dress hers is gonna be one of the most revealing. bonus points if they gave her a belly button piercing. and it's almost always only Piper and/or Shel. i thought we had a whole discussion about sexualizing young indigenous girls back in like 2021 but i guess nobody processed that part cause pjo fandom acts like if they dont have Piper show her stomach or have her shirt ride up they'll die.

the curse is that you will never unsee this. have fun with that.

[idkthisismyusernameiguess]

Could the Ace Attorney fandom stop pretending that Phoenix Wright or Miles Edgeworth or any of the main cast is white? Idgaf if the localized version is set in America. Asian Americans exist. You are consuming a piece of Asian-made media, not everything is about white people

[1emon-ice]

Mikusona Monday!! I tried to do a native themed one, most of my references based off of makah outfits and my own experience seeing and wearing native dance outfits!

[pizzagame4000]

we all know human vigilante… but what about… slightly human vigilante

[charlotte-family-apologist]

Okay but now I really wanna know more about the Outworld Races (and other realms) in your au, bc the idea that Zaterrans are the lost human ancestor is GENIUS

Thank you for asking! Sorry it took so long 😭

Naknadan primarily live in trees and prefer to live in dark places due to adapting to the almost constant night of their home realm. The extra set of arms on their back are used to carry young children. And they have monkey like tails to help with balance.

^ They're not greedy by nature but are drawn to shiny things as bioluminescence is common in their native realm.

Tarkatans are known for their leather and bone crafts. There's a common superstition that they use their own people to make them because of their cannibalistic nature and rituals of honoring the dead by "repurposing" them.

The Osh-Tekk have a clicking language and communicate through chirps and squawks until they are old enough to learn it.

The Tarkatans and Osh-tekk have been in a land dispute since Osh-Tekk was absorbed into Outworld.

Nearly all of the Arnyek islands' races went extinct after the merging, with the only surviving one being the Kytinn as Kreeyans went extinct shortly after conquest.

Edenians only live to be around 3000 Earthrealm years but use magic to increase their lifespan.

There are many types of Vaeternians.

[oldshowbiz]

Iron Eyes Cody Bus Shelter

[milomaxxy]

Reasons I've been told I'm not indigenous:

"You're too light" or "but you're not red-skinned"

"You're too baby faced, natives have defined cheekbones"

"You have short hair" (like, wtf??)

"You have too much body hair"

"You're too fat, everybody knows natives have low body fat"

"You have facial hair and natives can't grow facial hair"

"You don't have a green thumb tho"

"You don't even know what tribe you're from"

"You don't know anything about (cultural art)"

"You don't have proof"

"You don't have a native name"

"You don't have a spirit animal"

"But your dad has blue eyes"

And the actual most ridiculous one:

"You don't have a psychic-like connection with animals tho"

Stereotypes, especially in media, have completely fucked the way people view indigenous people as a whole. If you're not dark skinned with long black hair and high cheekbones, wearing traditional regalia and speaking like you're William Knifeman, people automatically don't believe you. I had a history teacher who had exchange students whose parents literally got SCALPING INSURANCE bc they were going to Kansas; and they believed there were wild tribes roaming the plains scalping people. I know folks who genuinely think all tribes have the same beliefs, culture, arts, everything. My own mother doesn't believe her mother-in-law bc she believes stereotypes about indigenous people.

And it doesn't stop at that. Things like blood quantum have been used as eugenics to "breed out" native blood. And it's used in such harmful ways, but in the experience I had it was used to tell me "no, you're not native". I basically felt ashamed of claiming any heritage, bc what blood I have is "so little it's not worth claiming" (literally something my ex told me). I got so sick of hearing the "teehee, I'm 1/16 and my great grandma was a Cherokee princess" jokes that I stopped telling anyone about my great-great-grandfather being Cherokee. And it hurt the most coming from native friends who made jokes about low blood quantum being "just as bad as pretendians". Like, that's a very real issue, but saying that the folks who just don't Look The Same are doing that damage? Excludes natives like was always intended- to make us white.

It took seeing other indigenous people on tiktok talking about their experiences to feel a connection with a community I had previously felt ashamed to claim. It took hearing other natives say "it doesn't matter how much blood you have, native blood means you're one of us" to feel like I wasn't "just as bad" as white people faking it. I still have so much unpacking to do (even after years of unpacking already), but it's thanks to other natives being open and proud that I've even gotten this far

[thedrunkhyena]

Y’know…I might just take matters into my own hands. What if I just write a maxley fic where Bradley has DID? Haha just kidding…unless…

[genericruleroftheflies]

It kinda makes me sad that some people will (maybe hypothetically) see Micky Dolenz wore a “Native American style” headdress to Monterey Pop Festival and think he was participating in cultural appropriation.

Because, he truly believes/d he is of Native American descent. His headdress was meant to be appreciation to his heritage. AND when asked by a tribe in need to donate money to help members who had been wrongly imprisoned… he put his money where his mouth was.

So, like sure it might have been some (mostly) American white ignorance, but at the very least he wasn’t doing it all for show. He really care about a culture he thought was part of his own.

And he also (kind of, maybe unrelated but similar) went through a journey of having to definitively decide to NOT straighten his hair anymore. Which… might not sound huge but in the 60s that was A CHOICE. Especially when as a CHILD like a little boy he was one tv where they dyed his hair blonde so he seemed like a more picturesque, ideal American boy.

And, not to make it a side note, but one of the songs he wrote specifically mentions and calls to questions why Native Americans (Indians) are living in the worst land we have to offer in America.

All that to say, there’s room for criticism AND I think he was genuine in his attempt to care and bring attention to issues facing Native American people in the 1960s. And when challenged head on to support them, he did.

[ravengales-glade]

SSE add more facial options I'm begging you. Or let us mix and match them I'm on my hands and knees let me make Salem look like literally any of my fucking family members he's supposed to be a fucking cholo WHY CAN'T SHE LOOK LIKE IT

[korkietism]

Pro hero Native redesign! Transmasculine Two-Spirit inuk hero married to a guy in a space themed idol group who I will be drawing a reference for soon.

He’s a cozy guy and a little awkward but very loving. He’s an introvert. He has a baby at some point. Silly guy. Feel free to draw him if you like… I would be very happy. I think native is a wild pro hero design and I’m not super fond of it… so have Sedna to replace him. Because dear god..

[allgremlinart]

scrolling through ao3 and seeing fics tagged "alcoholic (water tribe character)" uhhh You Cant Be Saying That, White Baby.

[oldshowbiz]

[acemarkey]

hey so has anyone else noticed how the fandom has shrunk boothill down to "redneck who hates the ipc." or is that just me

[zinnie-zoloft]

Redesigning Roy Harper to look stereotypically native isn’t as progressive as you think it is, it erases a massive part of his character and history while upholding the belief that you have to look a certain way to be a “real native”