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wnylib

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7. I am not asking what your ancestry is.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 09:16 PM
Jan 2023

The site says that the "wisdom" and "spirutuality" was learned from other people who have Native connections.

Perhaps you are aware from your Cherokee ancestry that tribal religious ceremonies, practices, and traditions are different from one tribal nation to another and that there is no "one size fits all" religion of Native American people.

I just know that I recognize on the site some claims and offers that are contrary to the views and practices of several Native cultures, e.g. treating spirituality and sacred ceremonies as something to sell. For comparison, it is a bit like if someone decided to sell the experience of taking Christian communion.

You are free to set up a "spiritual business," just as other people are free to see it differently than you present it to be.

BTW, I have some Native ancestry, too - Seneca, Mohawk, and Algonquian. But I do not use that ancestry to claim that I know the "wisdom of the elders" and "spiritual secrets" to sell to people outside of their original context.



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