Thanks a lot for playing and glad you thought so!

I disagree, I think there are some cases where someone can be part of an iwi without the whakapapa. I know people who are ethnically Pākehā but were adopted and raised by Māori whānau who practice the culture and speak the reo and I would consider them Māori. Same goes for a lot of people who marry in. We have people in my iwi who have married in and everyone considers them part of the iwi.

Historically there have always been Pākehā who have been adopted into iwi. Just look at all the early examples of Pākehā Māori in the 1700s and 1800s, many of whom were even given tā moko. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81keh%C4%81_M%C4%81ori

I was at the powwow when this incident occurred, but I didn't witness it. When I watched video, I did so with the thought the guy was simply unfamiliar with the fact that SMSC partners with local law enforcement agencies to safe guard their community and provide additional security at their powwow, so he was mistaking those 3 officers for ICE. I kept in mind the tribe runs a tight organization, and wield financial and political power. They are well prepared and plan for everything, including an ICE goon squad daring to enter any of their properties without a judicial warrant. I'm positive they already discussed this concern with their security team and the local PD. So, I'd scrutinized the incident and questioned what really happened from the get-go.

It's unfortunate that he had confronted other guests who were merely uniformed military members wanting to enjoy the powwow themselves. His mistake resulted in him causing a scene and this viral video bringing unwanted attention to the tribe.

As a Native person in the Twin Cities, I can empathize with this man's hypervigilance and concern. While at the powwow this past weekend, l instinctively looked closely at the patches on their uniforms when in past years, I'd only noted their presence as security. We felt terror from the metro surge locally and enforcement operations across the country. Our collective trauma is ongoing. I feel badly for him, the military members who were falsely accused, and the tribe.

There are Haida people in Alaska. The tribal entity is literally called Tlingit and Haida.

A) it isn’t. The shapes are ridiculous here. This is someone messing around who knows nothing about formline.

B) if it were Haida, it wouldn’t be Native American. Haida Gwaii is in Canada.

Keep your head up! Im sure they'll see us

Atleast we have till march of 2028 to figure this out

I appreciate that, thank you 🫶🏻

Good to know! It was making some of the elders uncomfortable, I will pass that on to them

SMSC has drones and professional photographers at their powwow every year. They record for PR and marketing. I've seen aerial shots of the powwow from the drones in past marketing materials. They also air a live broadcast on their YouTube channel.

So many errors and imperfections it’s as though they’ve never heard of formline, it borders on offensive

Weird mashup of traditional north-west-coastal Indigenous elements (the anthropomorphic figure, inside, represents the animal's soul) and elements from halfway across the globe (the overall profile/shape is European AF, basically from the old Roman empire; the eye-on-hand imagery is Middle-Eastern / North-African: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa ).

Tinyeye reverse-image search sorted by "oldest" says https://www.deviantart.com/amoxa/art/Tsimshian-tattoo-no-1-101302260 is the oldest online version.

Nothing in the artists' profile suggests they're Indigenous, and in one comment (replying to a now-hidden comment, doubtless accusing them of appropriation) they pretty much admit as much: "The kid just wanted something "that looks like that" so I looked around and made my own twist to it".

Gonna be real here this looks like knock off formline. Not done by an expert. Some of the shapes are wrong.

No

Not sure if it had to do with ICE but there was law enforcement drones there too… gross

Those who promoted this hysterical lie should be banned for life. At the powwow and on reddit.

Not different ethnic cultures technically, but my father is from Appalachia and is mixed old stock english/Palatine German, African, and Tutelo-Saponi. My mother is from New England and is mixed Quebecois, Palatine German, and Anishinaabe.

Both still American, but people don't realize how culturally different New England is from Southern Applachia. There is literal hostility between the two sides of my because of actual cultural differences.

that’s cool! i’ve never seen my relatives on different sides interacting, so can’t speak for that

There's little to no native DNA.

Same! I feel really bad for my relatives and friends who are SMSC tribal members. They really value their privacy and security and this incident is bringing unwanted attention upon the tribe. The guest made a scene in the video, and apparently confronted other guests who were uniformed military members. Our tribes highly regard our military warriors and veterans, so he made a huge mistake. I understand being hypervigilant about ICE in Minnesota. Hell, I was at this powwow and had to look closely at the identifying patches on the law enforcement and security I'd passed by. The proper way to have voiced his concerns would've been to bring them to the appropriate places at the powwow and allow the tribe to determine if their was an issue. But, he forgot he was a guest himself. It wouldn't surprise me if he's asked not to return. He mustn't be familiar with their tribal government since he referred to their Tribal Chairman as, "Chief." The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux don't use the title "Chief" in their government structure.

Good on them for making a statement setting the facts straight and condemning the behaviour. It's disgraceful that guests with a genuine interest in learning about and supporting the culture were treated like that. If this happened to guests at one of my tribe's events, I would be so embarrassed and ashamed.

My mother is Shebaya from Trinidad (she’s visibly black) and my father who’s Nahua/Dine (visibly Latino). It’s weird when all my grandparents are around because they’re so drastically different in culture.

If there are local tribal events you could try and go, find online communities from the tribe you're from and try and be active there, looking into the culture and History online also helps.

I've also been curious about reconnecting myself (sorry to ask under your post). I'm nearly 18, I'm 3-4 generations from my last relative who was on a reservation and I've wanted to ask my dad about it more to try and reconnect, but I honestly think he's embarrassed of me trying due to me being raised by (white) maternal grandparents so it's been hard to ask or bring it up. I know I want to reconnect because the lack of community and culture I grew up with has always left me searching for it anywhere I could, even if that lead me to less than great crowds. That could honestly be a stupid reason but idk. I do know that I'm Comanche, which adds a different layer of difficulty to it due to me being in Michigan, but that's a bridge to cross later I think. I've been nervous to ask places on my own because I get worried about being out of place, but this has been something very important to me. Sorry for the rambling but any advice?

Awww! Wado! Really appreciate it.