We respect the dignity of aboriginal people.
1. The Bass Coast Project, a Canadian music festival, hasbanned attendees from wearing war bonnets and Native American headdresses. View this image ' Twitter: @asdfjklMARY Vanessa Hudgens was criticized for wearing a Native American headdress at Coachella 2014.
2. Organizers said that the festival takes place on indigenous land and we respect the dignity of aboriginal people. Facebook Post.Facebook: BassCoastProj
3. Most commenters on the festivalsFacebook page supported its policy. Its a small gesture with a big message. Thanks for being the first as far as I know to take a step towards teaching others what respect means. Good on you Bass Coast. And to all of you whining about the right to express yourself, that right come waaaayyyy down the list from right to have your heritage respected. a lot of people dont question the ethics involved in the harvest of such feathers and its never really sat well with me, thank you Bass Coast. take it one step further to include earrings with feathers as well. Wearing a feather war bonnet you didnt earn is like wearing a metal of honor you didnt earn, in your culture. A White youth doing drugs in a feather war bonnet is as disrespectful as lets say a Nazi wearing a yamaka or a Jewish rabbis holy implements while saying Hail Hitler.
4. War bonnets and Native American headdresses have become increasingly popular at music festivals like Coachella, raising the issue of appropriating cultural and sacred items for fashion. Mark Davis / Getty Images Charley Gallay / Getty Images A Canadian First Nations DJ crew, A Tribe Called Red, has been pleading with its white fans to stop wearing redface. In aninterview with the Huffington Post last year, DJ Ian Campeau said,
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Were in the middle of our civil rights movement right now, today. So hopefully, in a couple decades, redface and terms like Redskin and Indian will go way of blackface, and terms like nigger and become tabooed in North American society.
5. Celebrities includingPharrell,Khloe Kardashian, andHarry Styles have come under fire for wearing Native American headdresses. Elle UK. Twitter: @YahooCelebUK Twitter: @ashscraic In an essay from the websiteNative Appropriations, blogger Adrienne K,said: Playing Indian has a long history in the United States, all the way back to those original tea partiers in Boston, and in no way is it better than minstral shows or dressing up in blackface. You are pretending to be a race that you are not, and are drawing upon stereotypes to do so. 7. LINK 16 Things You Definitely Shouldn't Wear To Coachella buzzfeed.com Read more:http://buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/a-canadian-music-festival-has-banned-people-fromwearing-nat A Canadian Music Festival Has Banned People From Wearing Native American Headdresses To read more on this topic click here
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