Spiritual Misappropriation

We will be joining some of our friends from the Right Relationship Boulder group to attend this panel discussion including three prominent local Native American experts who will be discussing cultural appropriation of Native traditions and culture.

From the event advertisement: “This panel seeks to educate the Interface community on cultural co-option, also known as plastic shamanism. The increasing commercialization of Native American religion in the new age market “displaces, distorts, marginalizes and belittles” American Indian histories and contemporary American Indian identities.”