#SaveHalfbreed
Cher is not Cherokee, the Cherokee Nation never wore Headdresses, for Nations that wear them each feather is earned, the song Half Breed demeans natives and is offnsive to us.
@jillybird42@Redeartlady @Sue19754453 @missmyhappybird @ThunderingElk @SoulFourger@cher@cherslovely85 @leespargur @Tagg63 @theblxckwolves @TiffanyMidge@jfkeeler@JanetJackson @Redskins You’d know if the tribe claims you. It’s very easy.
1. Look in your purse and find your wallet.
2. Open your wallet and find your tribal card.
If you have one, they claim you. If you don’t, they don’t, unless maybe you lost it.
@jillybird42@SoutheastNative @Sue19754453 @missmyhappybird @ThunderingElk @SoulFourger@cher@cherslovely85 @leespargur @Tagg63 @theblxckwolves @TiffanyMidge@jfkeeler@JanetJackson @Redskins Personally I never attacked you in a disrespectful way. I just came with facts&opinion in order to try to Educate on the issue. Native misappropriation of images, Slurs towards Natives or any minority group, claims of false Native Identity hurts sovereignty and Indigenous people
@jillybird42@Redeartlady @Sue19754453 @missmyhappybird @ThunderingElk @SoulFourger@cher@cherslovely85 @leespargur @Tagg63 @theblxckwolves @TiffanyMidge@jfkeeler@JanetJackson @Redskins What is ignorant is thinking you can claim Native or a specific tribe’s identity when it’s convenient for you, when you are not a part of the tribe. You clearly know nothing about Native identity and you’re showing your ignorance.
@Redeartlady@jillybird42 @Sue19754453 @missmyhappybird @ThunderingElk @SoulFourger@cher@cherslovely85 @leespargur @Tagg63 @theblxckwolves @TiffanyMidge@jfkeeler@JanetJackson @Redskins My tribe’s school was closed in 1973, then reopened briefly after parents pulled their kids from public schools due to overt racism toward Native students, then closed again in 1975. Maybe that’s why we didn’t say anything about Cher’s song back then. We were kinda busy.
@SoutheastNative@jillybird42 @Sue19754453 @missmyhappybird @ThunderingElk @SoulFourger@cher@cherslovely85 @leespargur @Tagg63 @theblxckwolves @TiffanyMidge@jfkeeler@JanetJackson @Redskins Our school was closed in the 70's as well in order to try to desegregate and reopened under State Charter in the 90's. Similar experience.My ancestors also may have spoke up if they weren't too busy trying to fight for the right to be acknowledged in the racist South.