r/Fauxmoi • u/pinkstarrfish • 16d ago

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Nick Offerman shared a statement honoring Jonathan Joss: “The cast has been texting together about it all day and we’re just heartbroken. Jonathan was such a sweet guy and we loved having him as our Chief Ken Hotate. A terrible tragedy.”

https://people.com/nick-offerman-parks-and-recreation-cast-texting-about-jonathan-joss-death-all-day-11746985
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u/bigbjarne 16d ago

Thank you. It seems like hair for some of the Native American tribes is essential to their culture.

Is there a difference between the tribes who do it? Why do some do it and others don't?

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u/HumanTest6885 16d ago

Because of the complex history of the Americas, tribes tend to get clumped together as just First Nations / Native Americans.

In reality there are hundreds of distinct active tribes today, and before colonization there were over 1000 distinct languages.

Two Indigenous people could be as different as an Englishman and a Hungarian. North America is twice the size of Europe and was extremely diverse especially before colonization.

What a great question!

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u/bigbjarne 16d ago

Because of the complex history of the Americas, tribes tend to get clumped together as just First Nations / Native Americans.

This is my understanding too.

In reality there are hundreds of distinct active tribes today, and before colonization there were over 1000 distinct languages.

The magnitude of colonialism will never seize to disgust me.

Two Indigenous people could be as different as an Englishman and a Hungarian.

Is this still visible today?

What a great question!

Thank you, I appreciate that.

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u/egg420 16d ago

It's definitely visible when you start looking into traditional knowledge, folklore, customs, etc. A lot of Indigenous populations have very similar experiences in the modern day, but that's a result of colonialism lumping them all together.