February 2012
13 posts
Mardi Gras Indians?
Since Mardi Gras was just upon us I thought it was time for a post on the Mardi Gras Indians. I must admit that I am not an expert on this tradition, but since starting this blog a number of folks have asked me what my opinion on Mardi Gras Indians - black folks in New Orleans who call themselves Indians and belong to “tribes” and sing “chants” including one called Indian...
Sexy? I think not
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Music Festival Headdresses - never lets us down
Two girls in Identical Indian headdresses. Global Gathering festival, Long Marston Airfield, Stoke on Trent, UK. 28/29 July 2006
Headdresses in High Fashion
Headdresses: An Art Project?
Constructing an Indian headdress project for kids
Constructing an indian headdress from construction paper is a great project for kids. They can wear their art while they play the story time pow wow game.
You can make an Indian headdress with children. They can wear the headdress for plays, and programs for different holidays. They can pretend to be Native Americans and sit around in a circle...
Yikes
January 2012
16 posts
Overheard at a secondhand store
Customer to store employee: “What are those things?”
Store employee: “Oh, the spears? I don’t know, I guess they’re tribal spears or something.”
Wow.
“One big problem is that it trivializes the American Indian race. Our traditional regalia is much more than clothing. It is a sacred and personal spiritual expression of our most holy ways. When we paint our face a certain way, wear eagle feathers and design our incredibly complex patterns bead, quill, leather, shell and so on, these are all very holy and sacred interpretations of our...
Whiskey, Cigarettes, and Headdresses
Nude & Headdress-ed
December 2011
22 posts
"I'm an Indian Too" song
WHAT THE FUCK?!
I’m in a bar last night on the LES and the song plays THREE TIMES.. then i find out that
It’s a remake of a 1946 Irving Berlin song from “annie get your gun!”
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_an_Indian_Too
PORK's Wild West Style editorial.
This vile photo shoot is pretty unbelievable. Luckily, som Pork readers thought so too — I posted some comments underneath, or you can visit the site to read them all here.
39 COMMENTS:
angstiosis said…
This is appropriative and racist. As a reader of this blog, I am disheartened.
JULY 18, 2011 5:41 AM
andy said…
It’s clearly a fun loving themed...
Primary Source Account of the Trail of Tears...
This bizarre website has primary source accounts of the Trail of Tears superimposed onto photos of white people in headdresses.
AND
You can use your own caption, if you want - a DIY! Some already made:
"Why the ‘Native’ Fashion Trend Is Pissing Off...
From Collector’s Weekly - read the whole article by Lisa Hix here.
This article notes how this holiday season there are many tempting options available that incorporate a “native look.”
Excerpted:
[…]
“The problem,” says Jessica R. Metcalfe, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa and doctor of Native American studies who teaches at Arizona State University and blogs about Native...
I want to meet the person who made this
Anthropologie's 48-hour Sweater Sale
I was quite excited to get an email from Anthropologie about their 48-hour sale for sweaters and outerwear. And then I obviously found their “Native American” section including:
This weighty, merino-wool poncho, woven with Native American motifs is part of The Portland Collection by Pendleton - a collaboration between the century-old, family-run mill and three of the city’s...
MOTHERFUCKING WHITE GIRL MAKES HEADDRESSES ON...
Aaaaaaand it’s time for a good old fashioned rant. Sarah Kabot, a (white woman) participant on the SJP-produced Bravo reality show “Work of Art” (where artists compete to be the next legit artist) decided that her entry in tonight’s contest would be TO MAKE FUCKING HEADDRESSES OUT OF PAPER FEATHERS.
I. am. not. kidding.
First of all, Sarah Kabot paired her headdresses...
DISCLAIMER
Obviously Outkast are not white people. But when they are putting on a show for (many) white people and buying into such tropes it is tumblr-worthy…
Some photos from the Outkast performance
BOOOOO (i mean duuuuke?)
Excerpt of an invitation to a Duke Phi Kappa Pi party invite:
In 1621 some crazy pilgrims had a pretty brutal harvest. Word on the street was they didn’t have enough food for half the bros in Plymouth. Then some hot natives came along with some extra food.… On Saturday, the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi will be honoring that party spirit. There will be a cornucopia of treats in our modern-day...
How to Make an Indian Headdress
Instructions for any white person wanting to make a headdress, now available on my tumblr (but if you make it and wear it and clearly have not been reading do me the favor of sending me a pic, at least!).
Does it sound too hard? Never fear — “The simplest headdress or headband can be made with just a few simple items, including a beautiful beaded leather headband.”
White People at Sasquatch Music Festival
Etsy's "Coyote Headdress"
Sorry folks, it’s sold already.
“Great piece for burningman or other festivals. Looks great as a decoration piece hanging on the wall as well. Ties at the base of the neck like a headband with leather strap.”
The "Indian princess" phenomenon
From Custer Died for Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr.:
The early colonists, accustomed to life under benevolent despots, projected their understanding of the European political structure onto the Indian tribe in trying to explain its political and social structure. European royal houses were closed to ex-convicts and indentured servants, so the colonists made all Indian maidensprincesses, then...