Oh, don't you worry, I know plenty about Poland's history, because the American education system is incredibly white and Eurocentric. Yet my own history and the history of the 550+ unique tribes in the United States were very rarely, if ever covered.

I think your privilege here blinds you from some of the realities facing Indigenous people in America. I'm coming from a place where, in reading some of your comments in this thread, I'm not sure if you aware of the trauma that Native families are still dealing with today.

Your comments are ridiculous. The small bits of Natives that remain have not been absorbed. We are fighting this battle every day to NOT be absorbed, to keep our sovereignty, and to promote our traditional culture, values and language among our children. So these comments of yours declaring us "dead and gone" are…

Your logic is astounding. How am I a member of the dominant culture when I am a member of a Native nation? What the hell are you talking about?

What the hell are you talking about?

Wait, what? "Elements of their culture borrowed by others"....

Adrienne K has a fantastic blog responding to different events of Native cultural appropriation. This post specifically addresses why it is so offensive (in many ways) to wear a headdress.

Actually, quite a few Natives are upset about this. Including this one.

A brilliant Cherokee writer, Adrienne K, has a site where she tackles numerous issues of Native appropriation, and covers this specific instance beautifully: http://nativeappropriations.com/2014/03/dear-c….

Someone posted this link down in the grey. But posting it again in hopes that it gets seen and people check it out:

I wish your comment wasn't languishing in the grey. Adrienne's piece is amazing, and what people should read before they say "Native American have so much else to worry about, why make a big deal about this..."