” The fight against Native mascots, stereotypes and caricatures have made recent headlines around the world as Native Americans continue attempts to educate others against the usage and defense of demeaning and disrespectful imagery, and stop the practice. Though research studies by groups such as the American Psychology Association have concluded such imagery is detrimental […]
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Public Statement: The Karl May Festival, Museum & Repatriation Situation
Update 4 February 2016: The Karl May Museum reneges on its agreement to return native human remains. Unfortunately, I and other natives and allies experienced in German and Native American interaction were disregarded by the native negotiator who first attempted this because they didn’t accept the German mindset and employed strategies that didn’t and wouldn’t […]
“We’re a Culture, Not a Costume” in Germany: Confronting and Informing the Ignorant
Rainald Grebe (artist/performer/comedian) slowly walks out on-stage in a slow, manner as if lacking intellect, while dressed in a pathetic mish-mash of Indianer (the German word for Native Americans of North America), and the audience immediately begins to laugh. That’s the intro for one of Rainald Grebe’s stage shows. It is not funny. Upcoming December, […]
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