Cut Your Hair – or Else

“It was 1902.  The government was unhappy that Indians were acting like, well, Indians, with their own customs and ways of life.  The government wanted to make the Indians white, or what they called “civilized,” so they would stop causing trouble with all of those “unacceptable ways.”

 

So on January 11, 1902, the Department of the Interior, Department of Indian Affairs, issued a letter instructing that Native people should cut their hair (males), stop painting themselves, start wearing white people’s clothes, stop wearing Indian clothes and blankets, and stop having dances and feasts.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Eliminate your culture – or else.

 

My son has long hair and people give me grief about it.

No one gave me grief about my daughter’s long hair.

 

@getgln

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Miss America 2014, Miss New York Answers Question About Julie Chen’s Eyes

Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2014 Miss New York Nina Davuluri was asked by Carla Hall about Julie Chen’s decision to have plastic surgery about making …

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

She didn’t answer the question – and she still won.

 

 

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Nican Tlaca University of Cemanahuac (NTUC)- NicanTlaca.com

“Our Nican Tlaca Indigenous Civilizations began over 6,000 years ago. Europeans destroyed our Nican Tlaca civilizations starting in 1492 with Columbus. We are currently in the process of reconstructing ourselves as independent Nican Tlaca people with our own Nican Tlaca Civilization — forever free of European colonialism.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Decolonize your mind

 

@getgln

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