Author Topic: Astroturf Sun Dances  (Read 68 times)

Offline Nichi

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Astroturf Sun Dances
« on: March 23, 2009, 04:36:43 AM »
I keep running into these articles, so I'm putting one of them up for reflection: how do we process/acknowledge/respect this stance?  Is it just some bitter Native Americans, or are there lessons for us herein?

Plastic Shamans and Astroturf Sun Dances, published in The American Indian Quarterly

And most importantly, perhaps, can any branch of spirituality be "owned" by any group?
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Re: Astroturf Sun Dances
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 06:26:44 AM »
Its a tough call, V. When I do see the term, plastic shamans, before reading my mind went back to Sedona where new agers as called, keep messing with the protected areas and putting up medicine wheels or scratching up sacred areas which are supposed to be off limits. Native Americans, in certain tribal areas, do feel the need to protect certain areas and I respect this. Sedona, is one area which is hot for this in Arizona because many believe (and would be correct), powerful vortexes of energies are there. I say is it owned? No, but still, if it comes to protected lands for say Navajo or Apache, or whatnot, others need to respect the sacred grounds.
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