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More than 500 years ago, these European white explorers sailed to the west under the name of God, gold, and glory, and found a new and beautiful sparkle.

Several months after the ocean, they "discovered" America and claimed them in the name of their western king. Their "New World" problem is not that new except for the fact that it was discovered at least 40,000 years ago. Because it is already populated - millions of indigenous peoples love bathing, science, mathematics, non-Judaism - Christian spirituality profoundly hurts newcomers' "civilized" emotions I will

Of course, this is not accepted by European immigrants; these obvious fateful champions spread diseases and "democracy" layers throughout Africa and permanently change indigenous lives and genealogies.

Still, we are still here. Since 1492, we have endured systematic oppression, cultural alienation, genocide, banishment, environmental destruction, ban on our spiritual / traditional practices, hatred of crime, rape and equal opportunities. Robbed identity

In the best case, the occupation of identity is awkward and people make boring claims like "My great-grandmother is Pocahontas". In the worst case it leads to unconfirmed claims by non-local residents about the heritage of indigenous peoples to justify anti-regional behavior and rhetoric.

I am talking about white people who ran around with head dresses of "American Native Americans" they bought in a party town as they are said to be 1/16 "American indigenous people".

Aboriginal subsidies not only detract from our experience as indigenous peoples but also because of the foreigners who are ruining these concerns because they are authorized to talk about indigenous people's problems with legacy Stir our voice to the sea. Indigenous subsidies sacrifice and invalidate indigenous voices, which is a real concern of our community.

I know very well that this is very important. I do not state that mixed or ungrounded people can not claim indigenous status. Furthermore, I am not saying that not everyone claiming to have a pedigree has been given the right to do so. As an indigenous person of a mixed blood ancestor, I am well aware that the diversion of identity is often confused with blood problems. Many sensitive topics among indigenous peoples

To understand why these problems are so important and controversial to many of us - let's talk about cultural and historical background.

Culture is not just for getting, I got it. Activists opposing cultural owners do not understand that cultures can be diverted in various ways. There were some erroneous efforts to distinguish cultural ownership (any time to resist) and cultural appreciation (to be acceptable within certain limits), but this gives us where we go not. Appreciation means distance, distance means rejection. When we insist on exclusive practice, we can not lay a comprehensive society.

Before answering this question, I think it is necessary to judge the meaning of the cultural grant money. Susan Sukahidi defines cultural grants as "acquiring intellectual property, cultural expressions or artifacts from cultures not your own, history and knowledge". - Hinduism has six orthodox philosophical genres in India and believes that the authority of Veda is God's revelation - they are usually used as pairs - Nyaya and Vaisica, Mimamusa and Vedanta, and Samquia And yoga. It is Jain, Buddhist, and materialist who do not admit this authority.

Grants are defined as the management or ownership of assets for their own use, including intellectual property. Cultural possession, more precisely "cultural expropriation" means to borrow mainstream culture by utilizing or using the characteristics of minority cultures and intellectual property. Theft is to be illegitimate for your own use. What is robbed is to own something quickly and forcibly. Most importantly, when something is occupied by dominant culture, it is done without reciprocity or permission.