Letter: Inaccurate
depiction of Native Americans
It has been a long,
long time since I have seen these extremely important words on someone's
website or blog, "Ceremonies are very sacred to us and should never be
done for publicity. Our spirituality is not a sideshow, nor should it ever be
used for self-recognition."
I offer pray to
Creator for a blessing shower on you and your people Yolonda Blue Horse because
you and your people are holding on to your culture and your ancestors!
Posted: March 27,
2015 - 4:48pm | Updated: March 28, 2015 - 12:06am
Re: The news article
“Favorable Winds.” A-J, March 23.
My name is Yolonda
Blue Horse, and I am an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe.
Letter: Inaccurate
depiction of Native Americans
"I read this
article about the sunrise ceremony in Post, and I and others in the community
are completely outraged by this event. There are so many things wrong with what
this group has done but most importantly, this is a gross misrepresentation of
who Native Americans are.
I could give you a
list of things that were wrong, but I will just say it is known by any tribe,
tribal member or someone who truly respects our cultures, that any ceremony is
not to be put in the media for any reason.
Ceremonies are very
sacred to us and should never be done for publicity. Our spirituality is not a
sideshow, nor should it ever be used for self-recognition.
I assume you did not
know a lot of what this group has done wrong, such as mixing two tribes
together (Sioux and Comanche) to conduct a ceremony, which is just outlandish.
Here we have a group of individuals who do not respect our spirituality and
attempt to morph it into something it is not.
In summary, it is
because of groups like these Native Americans are depicted in an incredibly
inaccurate way. The activity by this group, not a federally or state-recognized
tribe, has outraged many people in the Native American community and also has
saddened many because this is not who we are."
YOLONDA BLUE
HORSE/Dallas
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