Okay so I moved to England back in 2003 and obviously was home sick for native gatherings. I met a fellow choctaw and a chicksaw girl who both moved to the UK from OK and told me there are powwows in England.
Getting happy I beaded all of my regalia practiced my dancing and showed up to meet and greet the fellow expats....
But low and behold I heard the drums.....my heart began to pound as I approached them and they were all WHITE!!!!!
Not a native in sight...from the jingle dancers to the fancy dancers to the drum group all dressed as natives but all were english (i asked them) no native blood what so ever...
I WAS IN SHOCK......
When they saw that I was native they all started talking about their spirit guides sent me to them (the drums brought me they said) (which may i also add freaked me out) but
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Does this WHITE native influenced pow wow ruin our legacy and what should I have done about this. I wanted to just get really ghetto but I kept my dignity but i was freaking out to the 10th degree...
Have you guys ever experienced anything like this?
Getting happy I beaded all of my regalia practiced my dancing and showed up to meet and greet the fellow expats....
But low and behold I heard the drums.....my heart began to pound as I approached them and they were all WHITE!!!!!
Not a native in sight...from the jingle dancers to the fancy dancers to the drum group all dressed as natives but all were english (i asked them) no native blood what so ever...
I WAS IN SHOCK......
When they saw that I was native they all started talking about their spirit guides sent me to them (the drums brought me they said) (which may i also add freaked me out) but
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Does this WHITE native influenced pow wow ruin our legacy and what should I have done about this. I wanted to just get really ghetto but I kept my dignity but i was freaking out to the 10th degree...
Have you guys ever experienced anything like this?
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