When she did that, she was accused by non-Native folks of being "afraid" that her mixed heritage would show she was "less" Native than she claimed. Which is so messed up, and shows how deeply misunderstood Native identity is by outsiders.
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Because in that answer she shows how fully Indigenous she is--she understands that our DNA is not just about us as individuals, that she needed to ask her family and community, and that it also doesn't have any bearing on our identity. She's Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Full stop.
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So just contrast that response to the folks using DNA to "prove" something about their heritage or when it's being framed as a "discovery." Louise's response is relational and kinship based, which is a distinctly Indigenous way of behaving.
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Here's the full interview if you're interested! This was also six years ago. Another reminder these conversations have been happening for a long time.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/profiles/louise-erdrich/10/ …
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Oh also we should probably talk about how "Native American" is such a useless term in this context. What does that actually mean? How does that erase or distort Rubio's indigenous ancestors' actual identities? (His family is from Cuba)
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Wasn't Louise Erdrich raised off rez by her German American father and 3/4th Caucasian mother in rural white North Dakota town? Would an anthropologist say her base culture is white? Idk maybe she was worried Gates would focus on the abundance of whiteness in her background.
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V interesting though. Raised outside of a culture but you work to reclaim a culture by "studying" it. Won't the base culture skew the culture you've taken on? Like studying Native History. You're actually studying the history of interactions of Natives with non- Native gov'ts.
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I remember that. Thought it was a very powerful statement.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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I remember this vividly. It really changed my understanding of Native identity.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Once you submit your DNA, they own it. Scary!
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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