Tag Archives: costumes
No fooling: Native American traditions hold significant meaning
Traditions in Native American culture have been caricatured and/or misunderstood by the American public. These could use correcting.
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Bringing Cultural Sensitivity to Halloween
Native Americans place deep meaning in their ceremonial dress, with each and every bead holding significance. Halloween costumes are often caricatures of Native American dress.
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GOING NATIVE OR SUPERNATURAL FOR HALLOWEEN?
Helen examines the sensitive issue that Native American people are not a Halloween costume.
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