It’s not upsetting to me in the least; I have no problem with one culture influencing another, or one culture seeing something another culture is doing and going “Hey that’s neat, let’s do that!”

I’m going to let you in on a secret here. Ready?

Don’t forget all the satanic imagery (perfect for ‘evil house’). How many colleges and high schools have some color of devil as their mascot?

But...but those animals are sacred to various Native cultures too.

Similar to my thoughts. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I really like the idea of American wizarding roots being in Native American culture and history. But it seems difficult to do that without white guilt or social justice warriors saying you are pandering to them or trivializing them.

Ok. I respect your opinion, far more than from someone who isn’t Native telling us what to be offended by.

Sorry that I can think for myself and don’t need others to tell me what to be offended by.

I’m not sure how to feel about this... the names are, as you suggest, all sort of ridiculous sounding. Setting aside for a moment the accusation of cultural appropriation, the names are just kind of... blah.

You should, because to think they have any reason to feel bad is idiotic. You know what doesn’t help Native American culture? Pretending it doesn’t exist. You know what NOT using any Native names or imagery does? Pretends we don’t exist.

Native American here. These names are ok.