About cultural appropriation

A collection of resources that give historical context and guidance for understanding this topic.

Message from SPIRIT to members of the ManKind Project

In this video, Mato Tá Pejuta Wákan Nawjín, Spokesperson for the Center for Support and Protection of Indian Religions and Indigenous...

The following letter was sent to the leaders of the ManKind Project from the Vice-Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on...

July 26, 2023 SPIRIT sent the following email to its list: To All Leaders of the ManKind Project International (MKPI): SPIRIT has been...

Several members of MKP were invited in 2021 to present to the North America Leader Body of MKP about why cultural appropriation in MKP is...

This document was submitted to SPIRIT for publication by a group of MKP members. It is a detailed rebuttal of the public explanation...

Chance Taureau is the only currently active MKP Full Leader who is also Indigenous. He describes how MKP uses a sweat lodge ceremony of...

In 2021 an internal committee was formed to consider issues of cultural appropriation, but even after thousands of volunteer hours and...

A letter from an Indigenous man who is a "Full Leader" in MKP's rank system, and an MKP International Board member, about cultural...

A detailed report about cultural appropriation in MKP was prepared in 2019. This is the executive summary. The full report cannot be...

In 2022, a group of Indigenous men formally declared independence from MKP, so that MKP isn't telling them how to conduct ceremony, etc.