@des.dallagiacomo: Replying to @wakeupwithje what is a pretendian, how to spot them, and the harm they cause real Natives

thelefeefs :

I was somehow offered a scholarship for university. I turned it down because I was raised and socialised as Black. I have no connection at all to my Native ancestry, so it would feel weird to claim it.

Yen🏹🪶 :

Ángel 🧸 :

I told someone I’m 80% indigenous and their immediate replay was “oh cool you get to get a lot of benefits from the government” 😐 uh no thank you, I’ll keep my heritage to myself and work hard for my family

milo🏳️‍⚧️ :

my mom used to go around saying we were native bc we have one native ancestor and then the dna test came back 0% and she got real quiet about it all of a sudden

letsgobears85 :

Tik Toker :

it makes biracial mixed bloods even harder to identify

🅿️LAYERSX3X9 :

Navajo nation here I aprove this message 🥰

the wanderer :

the comment made it so the captions couldn't be read about halfway through

gaylynnsmithcerny :

I just wanna learn the culture and traditions. I’ve always told my grandma was path. Great grandma was full. Ch Cherokee 🤷🏼‍♀️and then my dad has some blood of Choctaw say I don’t wanna fall on that category of but you’re talking about so how would you find out?

Sabrina :

Going to pow wows as a bystander and seeing Pretendians in cosplay is a trip 😧

colby drake :

most non natives still treat us native Americans horrible and I feel like there gonna always treat us native Americans that way and disrespect us. I think that's why so many of us native Americans try to date other native Americans so we don't have to deal with the disrespect

hello.psd :

My husband’s mom’s husband does this

James Hudson :

As Native American I thank you for your video

Josephine Andy :

People need to just be themselves and not be another culture because that’s not them