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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like many other things, appropriation is much worse if the native community is being deprived of the revenue from something that is part of their tradition.

So, the issue with dream catchers isn't just that they have a religious significance that is not understood outside the original community, but also that they are being mass produced by non-Natives and sold to non-Natives.  In this way, native traditions are being stolen and monetized while native peoples continue to be discriminated against and are often living in poverty.

So, short answer: dream catchers are not necessarily offensive but if I really felt that I needed one for some reason, I would be sure to buy from a native artist. [/quote]

Well damn. I want everyone else to stop appropriating my white bread and mayonnaise! Put those butter knives down now.

And my great gramma was all Cherokee.[/quote]

I really should have taken bets on how long it would take for someone to bust out a (probably mythical) Cherokee princess great grandmother.  http://blog.nativepartnership.org/my-grandmother-was-a-cherokee-princess/[/quote]

And she fell in love with a settler but their love was denied by both families so they threw themselves off a cliff. Said cliff is generally known as "Lovers Leap," and there is usually a restaurant, garden center, or ice cream store nearby with the same name. [/quote]

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