My sister did not do most of the work. She helped my dad a little last year. You are ignorant of indigenous protocol. It is our protocol to inform others of activities that may impact them. This includes inviting strangers to shared land that we all live on. I spoke to my sister and acknowledged that she broke protocol with this and apologized for it.
I think you misunderstood what I meant when I said I am comfortable with my dad being there. I meant for the ceremonial part only. Ceremonies in our culture are typically closed to non indigenous people unless they have been accepted into the community.
I didn’t participate last year because i was busy caring for an elderly family member. However I was involved in the planning. And how exactly have I done minimal this time around when we haven’t even started yet ?
I have every right to voice my reservations (pun intended) about a non indigenous stranger on indigenous land that I co steward and live! on. Especially when the other 2/4 co-stewards are in agreement.
So I had a great talk with my sister about this whole situation and she has acknowledged that she has neglected our relationship and several others she values. She mentioned how much family has been on her mind this week too. She said she missed hanging out with me too and we have plans to hang out tomorrow. So that strain you’re talking about? Nah. No damage to our relationship. In fact, I predict it will become even stronger. Thanks for your concern though.
This dude is more than welcome to learn about maple syrup from other people off reserve where they won’t be involving indigenous culture or ceremony. As someone who works in cultural education, Non native people don’t need to be learning about all aspects of our culture. It’s frankly annoying that they are so interested. And most just want to take without any reciprocity. If we teach him about our culture what is he going to offer in return so that it isn’t merely extractive?
Umm. Where does she live? Is she in the same city as you?
Why is it something that needs to be disclosed?
You donating sperm could dramatically impact someone’s life. How could having a vagina but once not having a vagina do that?
My sister did not do most of the work. She helped my dad a little last year. You are ignorant of indigenous protocol. It is our protocol to inform others of activities that may impact them. This includes inviting strangers to shared land that we all live on. I spoke to my sister and acknowledged that she broke protocol with this and apologized for it.
I think you misunderstood what I meant when I said I am comfortable with my dad being there. I meant for the ceremonial part only. Ceremonies in our culture are typically closed to non indigenous people unless they have been accepted into the community.
I didn’t participate last year because i was busy caring for an elderly family member. However I was involved in the planning. And how exactly have I done minimal this time around when we haven’t even started yet ?
I have every right to voice my reservations (pun intended) about a non indigenous stranger on indigenous land that I co steward and live! on. Especially when the other 2/4 co-stewards are in agreement.
So I had a great talk with my sister about this whole situation and she has acknowledged that she has neglected our relationship and several others she values. She mentioned how much family has been on her mind this week too. She said she missed hanging out with me too and we have plans to hang out tomorrow. So that strain you’re talking about? Nah. No damage to our relationship. In fact, I predict it will become even stronger. Thanks for your concern though.
This dude is more than welcome to learn about maple syrup from other people off reserve where they won’t be involving indigenous culture or ceremony. As someone who works in cultural education, Non native people don’t need to be learning about all aspects of our culture. It’s frankly annoying that they are so interested. And most just want to take without any reciprocity. If we teach him about our culture what is he going to offer in return so that it isn’t merely extractive?