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...
No, no, no, no
"Indian Wannabes"
From bluecorncomics:
In Z Magazine, December 1990, Janet McCloud (Tulalip) explained the basic problem with wannabes:
First they came to take our land and water, then our fish and game….Now they want our religions as well. All of a sudden, we have a lot of unscrupulous idiots running around saying they’re medicine people. And they’ll sell you a sweat lodge ceremony for fifty...
The Simpsons Mocking Native Appropriation !!!!