This is a great example of a stereotypical image that has sprung out of the minds of settlers and is in no way representative of actual native americans.  A sexualised white female in a headband (made popular in Hollywood in order to keep the wigs on non-native actors posing as Indians), a feather, and a ‘peace pipe’.  Oh yes, she’s also sitting ‘Indian style’ (thankfully now called ‘criss cross apple sauce’ or other less pejorative terms). Please don’t tag this sort of thing as #native american.  It’s more like #settlers - imagining-native- americans- from- a- position- of- colonialist- power.  Would you take a picture of a ‘black mammy’ and label it #african american?

This is a great example of a stereotypical image that has sprung out of the minds of settlers and is in no way representative of actual native americans.  A sexualised white female in a headband (made popular in Hollywood in order to keep the wigs on non-native actors posing as Indians), a feather, and a ‘peace pipe’.  Oh yes, she’s also sitting ‘Indian style’ (thankfully now called ‘criss cross apple sauce’ or other less pejorative terms).

Please don’t tag this sort of thing as #native american.  It’s more like #settlers - imagining-native- americans- from- a- position- of- colonialist- power.  Would you take a picture of a ‘black mammy’ and label it #african american?

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Tagged: cultural appropriation, native americans are not a costume, why are you denigrating the pipe, disrespectful, stereotyping, this is not native american, .