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whos_Diana :
I feel really really unsure, insecure and scared to try and get to know about my culture. I'm adopted and recently found out I'm mixed hawaiian, I've always felt like I never looked right, finding that out has only made the feeling a bit worse. if anyone has any advice for me I'd appreciate it.
2026-07-01 21:10:19
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fawnbrownart :
I think just knowing there are plenty of other people out there going through the same struggles really helps. You’re never truly alone. And there’s a point where you realize your own community’s opinion is what matters, not non-natives, so be who you are and own it. I wish you all the best in your visit to your reservation 💕
2026-07-02 03:14:58
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Twisted Crow75 :
I was bullied in high school because I was proud to have Native American in my family. I never felt like I belonged there. I've been traditionally dancing since I was 23 years old. So far, I never had anyone at a powwow treat me badly because I'm mixed. I've been going to pow-wows since I was around 12 years old. Hopefully, I'm able to start going to pow-wows again soon.
2026-07-03 04:26:51
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🫧Lib <3🫧 :
this is such a sensitive topic for me, especially since the family I get my tribal lineage from were victims of displacement, adopted out as children, and forced to assimilate into yt Christian society, we lost a lot of tradition because of this. my ex bf, who is Seminole, was adamant that I was fully white when I told him that I was an enrolled tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, we even go to the same Indian health clinic!! 😭 but, at the time, it made little 13-15 year old me question my identity so much to the point where I felt almost guilty to be carrying that documentation with my pale complexion, despite myself having a darker complexion as a kid and tween before I became extremely depressed and stopped having the energy to go outside all day everyday lol, but that really doesn't matter, we come in all shades. you're definitely not alone in this, it's such a complex situation and feeling to navigate. but in the end, I wholeheartedly agree, reconnecting with what is yours, despite everyone and anything, is key in keeping our culture and traditions alive. you've got this, we know who we are :) <3
2026-07-01 06:20:48
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OneTiredPunkKid :
Theres Melungon in our family and I didn't find out until I took a DNA test my grandma hid it from my dad and me.
2026-07-01 12:42:43
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Travis Jaramillo :
Reconnection is one of the harder paths I’ve been on . My grandma was a door step baby raised in catholic boarding schools . We so far disconnected I barely have any living family members that can still tell me anything about our culture . “Scared I’ll still be treated as a stranger” definitely hit
2026-07-01 14:52:02
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🌬️Malia Arrayah🌺🌝 :
I’m half indigenous (mixed indigenous because it’s of different cultures), and I used to get that a lot. Probably still do but I don’t care I literally look half Spanish European half indigenous and I’m not arguing with anyone about my mix. I can’t change it lmao people are ignorant af. And I was also robbed of my cultures experiences (all of them except Salvadoran). My full name is native Hawaiian. Yet I’m still looked at shocked when I say I’m part native Hawaiian. But I know I’m not accepted anywhere. It’s okay I’m fine now but it really hurt for a while and was very frustrating.
2026-07-02 13:01:48
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dop4848283 :
Oklahoma real different about that.
2026-07-02 21:30:45
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Eddie :
I would say the best way to reconnect is to go visit or watch a lot of YouTube about traditional stuff and music and the history of the native group your apart of that’s what I did to reconnect with my Mayan roots I still need to go visit The Yucatan though
2026-07-02 18:12:41
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Morgan :
Felt. Thank you for speaking up 🥰✨
2026-07-01 16:19:27
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BigMomma :
I understand 👍
2026-07-01 19:11:18
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brokbuns :
dude this hits so close to home, i have always known i was native and my mom definitely tried to keep my older siblings connected but she moved away from NY where everyone was and a lot of my family has passed or is out of contact and the further she got disconnected she kinda gave up on trying to keep me connected. my older sisters got to go to powwows and youth groups growing up, but i didn’t get to. i am also really pale so any chances i’ve gotten in recent years i have also declined out of fear of feeling misplaced. lately, i have been talking to my mom about it and she’s given me so much information and she’s going to teach me beadwork and further her beadwork skills alongside me
2026-07-02 19:39:27
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inspirationstation28 :
Absolutely! Your story is so much like mine. I found my relatives within the tribes and they were able to help me reconnect. It is always a journey and I will always be learning things.
2026-07-01 17:36:28
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Asriel Audios :
me too
2026-07-02 14:04:14
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bRat :
Felt this…
2026-07-01 04:26:51
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pricegilbert512❌ :
Good Job
2026-07-01 23:50:17
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CaptainRhyno :
I feel this. thank you.
2026-07-01 21:31:48
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CopperTopperDropper :
I think Che Jim said it to me best. I wish I could remember it but best I can do is paraphrase it. All the children are welcome home.
2026-07-02 01:28:20
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Patrick :
Although urban Natives may have lost their identity,this identity can be found again as they explore their culture.It doesn't have to be done all at one time. As a result, confidence in identity is restored and strengthened.
2026-07-01 11:09:24
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Talon Smith :
My parents were the first people to invalidate me and that made it extremely hard. I don't have any connections to the Native side of my family because my bio mom just disappeared from my life completely when I was 9. Since I was white passing at first glance until you looked really close, my dad would just fill out any legal documents stating me as white and when I would ask why he doesn't put Native American, he would say "you're just better off claiming white. Makes you less of a target for stereotypes." and my step mom, because looked so much like my mom and being the only person in my family that didn't look German in the slightest aside from my eyes, she would take any chance to point out my differences in "looking Indian" that I just wanted to feel like part of the family by rejecting my heritage. Now as an adult, away from that kind of environment, I struggle and feel scared to learn a culture that I was told basically my entire life to reject because it just pulls at me saying "maybe I'm not Native" "Maybe I just don't belong anywhere."
2026-07-02 16:26:30
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Heartcurrent :
blood quantum is a colonial tool to seperate us more. 💔 i am able to trace my entire generational migratory pattern to where I am today. diaspora didnt leave even with amnesia after brain damage. im on this journey too. 🌐💓
2026-07-02 15:25:09
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ilysanayee :
me being black but being native like my grandmas dad was a chief yet i don’t look it , i just stop trying to prove myself. people r sooooooo ignorant to black natives as well
2026-07-02 20:36:04
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Therealwallflower :
I have lived in the heart of the Cherokee nation my entire life. I even work for my tribe and use culture everyday. I’m very pale skinned and a red head. So I have felt like this my entire life. But I still put on my ribbon skirt and wear it anyway. The ones my own hands helped make. I still try to practice anything I can to make me feel connected. People have taken enough from us. Proud of you.
2026-07-02 03:02:54
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Desireé Dallagiacomo :
Very well said 🖤. You touched on so many points that are tools of settler colonization. Discouraging connection = disconnection = erasure and dispossession. Your family knows who you are. That’s all that matters. Anyone in Native community knows that we look every single way a person can look. Excited for this next part of your journey!
2026-07-02 02:47:55
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Alea :
I wouldnt tell people I’m native because I grew up with my white family and not my native side. I was even told by classmates and teachers that my tribe isnt real (it’s one of the most enrolled tribes) And going to powwow and meeting my native family for the first time and actually participating was such a surreal and emotional experience for me
2026-07-02 13:02:31
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