About cultural appropriation

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

Beware of fake medicine men

https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/04/17/tim-giago-beware-of-fake-medicine-men-an.asp

Sweat Lodges: No you can't. Here's Why.

https://nativeappropriations.com/2010/04/sweat-lodges-part-ii-no-you-cant-heres-why.html

Wanting To Be Indian: When Spiritual Searching Turns Into Cultural Theft

https://findingourwayhome.blog/wanting-to-be-indian/

Think Before You Appropriate: Things to know and questions to ask in order to avoid misappropriating

http://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/sites/default/files/resources/teaching_resources/think_before_you_appropriate_jan_2016.pdf

The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality (book excerpt)

Spirituality for Sale - Sacred Knowledge in the Consumer Age. Article by Christopher Ronwanièn:te Jo

Plastic Shamans and Astroturf Sun Dances: New Age Commercialization of Native American Spirituality

Is nothing sacred? Article from website aeon.co

https://aeon.co/essays/the-line-between-creativity-and-stealing-from-another-culture

Freedom, Law, and Prophecy: A Brief History of Native American Religious Resistance (article)