Religious Exploitation and Defense Issues and Activism Native Americans Indigenous The Americas

Religious Exploitation and Defense

Sites dealing with the exploitation of native religions or spiritual practices: fake "shamans," people selling Indian religious artifacts, protection of burial grounds, etc.

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• - This is a fun site for Native Americans to expose those who sell their spirituality for profit.
  
• - Declaration from tribal elders, reprinted from an undated handbill.
  
• - Discussion board for the 'outing' of twinkies and New Age rent-a-shamans.
  
• - Articles and resources about the "invisible crime" of spiritual abuse.
  
• - 1996 report about how a marijuana grower's land was seized and then eventually returned to the Karuk.
  
• - Bulletin from an American Indian activist site detailing the warning signs of a fake/exploitative Native American 'religion'.
  
• - Article by a contemporary Wiccan expressing concern about the pagan appropriation of Hindu and Native American religions.
  
• - Essay on Native American beliefs about religious exploitation, with quotes from many prominent American Indians.
  
• - Dedicated to issues relevant to Indian Burial Grounds and their protection.
  
• - Essay on the recent commercialism of American Indian spiritual tradition, by Pte Cante Winyan.
  
• - Article by a tarotist about the problems inherent in inauthentic American-Indian themed tarot cards. With pictures.
  
• - Listing of sites that are clearly using Native American imagery, spiritual symbols and "noble savage" stereotypes for profit
  
  

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