y'all acting like "having native blood" makes you native... listen. i have "native blood." i have no clue what cultures my ancestors were members of, bc the white parts of my fam did everything they could to cut us off from that. so i'm not part of those cultures. it's called-

"nonstatus," and it sucks.

this is why i call myself "mixed race" and nothing else. i don't claim to be "native" bc too many ppl think that means having some kinda dna tie, but it's the CULTURE that makes you native... and it's not just "native," it's a SPECIFIC CULTURE AND-

NATION/TRIBE.

i am not a part of ANY native cultures, and since i don't know which apply to me, i can't even begin to reclaim that for myself. bc i don't know where i belong, so that would be appropriation.

so before y'all white folks who may or may not have a teeny smidge of-

Indigenous ancestry start talking over ACTUAL Indigenous folk, who have lived that culture, who UNDOUBTEDLY know more than you about their own lives and heritage, consider that. if i can be respectful, so can fucking you. not everything's FOR you.

if y'all wanna rt this, you'd be better off rting some stuff from actual, culturally-connected Indigenous folks. and if you're not following them, correct that. learn from the ppl who actually have the knowledge to pass down.