We belong to multiple tribes, one fictional. We have accumulated educational resources from two tribes in particular, all publicly available on the web, though not particularly accessible. We ndns tend to be private to avoid our cultures being exploited so I haven’t shared these resources with outsiders, especially not in a heavily centralized format that might paint a target on our back, though I have been planning to leave some breadcrumbs on Tumblr to help reconnecting ndns with their self-discovery. I may share some of the resources I have here, especially if there are other ndns here. So, is anyone else trying to reconnect to their ndn culture? Where are you in the process, if you don’t mind sharing?
Im native taino (cis), im reconnecting, hard to say what process im at since theres many ways to start that.
for one, ive been learning to recognize what fruits/vegetables/foods are native to the americas and what are not.
I think recognizing what foods are foreign is important, and it helps me appreciate what collectively indigenous people have ate.
Been trying to learn some of the words too, stuff like hammock, barbecue, hurricane, savannah and more are words that evolved from my tribe.
learned some history about western expansion, not related to my tribe but i think its important since i live on northern land.
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Hello!
We are interested in plants and we use this app to help ID them. It’s interesting seeing which plants are native. A majority of the ones we IDed are not. We’ve also learned about different food plants and have made note if they are from here.
We have an app for language learning but have strayed away from using it. Though yesterday I was in the city and naturally remembering the word for what our tribe called this place was an affirming feeling.
Wish we lived closer to our tribe. There are non-tribe specific cultural centers somewhat near us which might be better for us since they seem more open to anyone.
Thank you for your response!
most of my favourite fruits and vegetables are native to the americas, it was interesting to find that out, i dont know much about regular plant identification though
but it sounds pretty disappointing that most of the plants youve come across arent native.
when europeans found a “new world” i guess their first instinct was to make it like the old world lmao.
That is interesting. Besides grains which we like from anywhere ig our favorites are definitely potatoes and tomatoes (both native and both nightshades). I’ve heard Europeans used to be afraid of them because they looked like European nightshades which tended to be more baneful. Now they act like these plants were a part of their cultures all along. Also heard some Europeans would eat a lot of maize though and get a vitamin deficiency because they didn’t know how to properly supplement. Couldn’t handle native plants so they brought all this shit over
Ugh we are making ourselves hungry
Yeah it’s disappointing and makes me worry. We kinda wanna uproot some of these plants but we’re nervous we’ll get caught. We found some great mullein which is very soft so if we take it we get to touch if for longer 😈
Yeah they act like it was apart of their culture all along, they forgot the origin, without appreciatation for who cultivated such food prior.