Hand me some TP as in TeePee

We all know the Native appropriation craze is alive and well. And it looks like it's here to stay for the fall.

What has caught my attention lately though are the Native appropriations that stretch beyond the short-life of fashion. This happens to be teepees.  


Some of these appropriations are from people who (seem to):

1. Want to pay homage to the romanticized Native American Indian
2. Want to be cool
3. Want to take what they can, use it and then dispose of it

I came across a few of these in the recent weeks and thought I'd share with you all:

1. Want to pay homage to the romanticized Native American Indian

This blogger is an artist who is going to be living in a teepee for the next 5 weeks. This blogger seems to truly be a optimist-hippy sort of being and then they said this:

93. I used to pretend I was a Native American when I was 8.

94. I own a tipi now.

 The teepee also has plywood flooring.. plywood flooring is enchanting, indeed. 

2.  Want to be cool.

This blogger moved to California and decided (?) to live in a teepee (only on a short term basis though) and has posted a photo of themselves in the teepee, photos of the teepees and a list of things they've learned while in a teepee. They also quote that they live in a teepee in their Twitter bio and the reaction they receive when they tell people. All I can say is that it's good you've learned something from the totally-way-cool teepees. 

3.  Want to take what they can, use it and then dispose of it.

This is the most brutalist type of all, in my opinion. I found this photo from a fellow tweeter. So thank you. She says, "This teepee is facing south and was put up by drunken white males....How disrespectful can you get!!! SERIOUSLY". 

I felt disgusted when I saw this photo, even without the caption provided. But to have a teepee facing the south, really? Teepees customarily face the east for several reasons. 

Moreover, apparently the teepee is too teepee-ish for these men as they have the shade canopy. The shade canopy adds insult to injury because the teepee merely becomes a token (although I'd much rather have them drinking infinite yards away from the teepee). 

But what can I say? 

I live in a high rise apartment in the downtown core of a large city. I guess I am culturally appropriating the Western culture. 

NOTE: 

I made a choice not to post their names or blogs. However, I thought to myself, it seems pretty rude to rant about their doings where I could be educating them instead. On the flip-side, they shared their thoughts and choices with the public domain, and so shall I. 

Neech.