Pow Wow of LOVE
How appropriate--just in time for Valentine's Day (over-priced Hallmark holiday that strips lovers of any need for creative and spontaneous romance). MSU just hosted their annual Pow Wow of Love, where members of the East Lansing community and beyond are invited to observe the and urged to understand the culture of our America's real founders.
As Native American men, women and children alike danced about to different tempos (which corresponded to their style of dress) clothed in beautiful regalia, it was difficult to ignore the connotations our society has pasted all over their image. These people have been misunderstood for years and years--I think a t-shirt I saw summed up just how long. The shirt featured a clan of Native American men standing guard, looking semi-protective, with words underneath reading, "Fighting terrorism since 1492".
We live in a world of misrepresentation, naivete, apathy and selfishness. This saddens me.
As Native American men, women and children alike danced about to different tempos (which corresponded to their style of dress) clothed in beautiful regalia, it was difficult to ignore the connotations our society has pasted all over their image. These people have been misunderstood for years and years--I think a t-shirt I saw summed up just how long. The shirt featured a clan of Native American men standing guard, looking semi-protective, with words underneath reading, "Fighting terrorism since 1492".
We live in a world of misrepresentation, naivete, apathy and selfishness. This saddens me.
posted by Ashley Corinn Waldorf at
10:42 PM
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