Blood quantum: the Colonial tool of racial superiority and economic dependency Native communities can’t let go of — K.I.N. Knowledge in Indigenous Networks

Defining, measuring and labeling indigenous groups is an intensely political and debated process. On one hand Native peoples are glamorised, objectified , sexualised , romanticised and endlessly imitated. On the other we are victimised, or vilified, as impoverished, imprisoned, addicted, pagan, fatherless, overweight + diabetic, dependent, complainers who go to college for free (period. No […] […]

CALL TO ACTION! #StandingRock Sioux Nation Issues Call #NoDAPL!

UPDATE 23 OCTOBER 2016-All defenders and protectors are water are needed at the frontlines to support the Standing Rock Sioux Nations and the hundreds of tribes and allies who have gathered against the “Black Snake” pipeline of Energy Transfer Partners desecration of the water, earth and sacred places and graves of Native Americans. Human rights […]

Decolonization of Indigenous Studies: A Voice From Both Sides of the Desk

Read my full article at Academia.edu, although it was originally published Red Rising Magazine and reprinted with permission in “Our School/Our Selves” from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “From my perspective, indigenous studies is about creating allyship between natives and non-natives, but for everyone to be close to ‘being in the same place’ and […]

1st Teaser for Our Upcoming Documentary “Forget Winnetou!”

“Forget Winnetou: Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany” is an upcoming documentary by Timo Kiesel & Red Haircrow. Exploring themes of racism, stereotyping and erasure that Native Americans face living and working in Germany, despite German fascination with the indigenous peoples of North America. Website: https://forgetwinnetou.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/forgetwinnetou/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forgetwinnetoufilm/

The Love of Stereotypes: It Starts Early In Germany, too

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Because many “others” “foreigners” specific ethnicities, and in this case “Indianer” or Native American Indians are only presented in shows, as entertainment, as costumed figures who are there to entertain Germans in some way…stereotypes abound here, and are expected and even demanded. Often you see the same rapt look and desire: “Teach us! Show us! Make us laugh with wonder! Cry with excitement, shudder with amazement, dread, outrage (as to native treatment of the past)” but whatever it is, they want what they want.

For Native Americans they expect, with very clear stereotype guidelines, how you should look, speak, engage, too. If you don’t look, act or perform as they expect, they are disappointed, dejected and dissatisfied. You must meet their expectations or you are not “real”, you are not “authentic.” Continue reading “The Love of Stereotypes: It Starts Early In Germany, too”