Please don’t take this ask aggressively because that’s not the intent I’m genuinely curious. I was wondering what you think about anti-indigenous sentiment among vegans? There are many places where pastoralism or other animal based subsistence styles are the only way to live on that landscape. I agree that the whole system of meat processing as it exists in the US needs to be burned down but your posts on here imply any animal being used as food is immoral. And I just don’t think telling native people to leave their ancestral lands and learn how to farm is productive to your cause. Because that point you’re just doing the Indian Homestead Act.
This doesn't come across as aggressive, but I do think you're coming in with a lot of assumptions. You will not find a single post where I have done anything close to askingn ative people to leave their ancestral lands and start farming, or really any criticism of indigenous hunting as a cultural practice at all.
When I am advocating veganism, I am talking to people who are living in consumer societies, not to subsistance hunting communities or those who otherwise cannot reasonably live without hunting or eating animals. I do want to point out that indigenous culture is not a monolith, plenty of indigeous cultures have been living through arable farming for hundreds of years. There are also indigenous vegans, and I believe that any push for change should come from within that community, not outside of it. You'll find that most progressive vegans would agree with that stance.
As for anti-indigenous sentiment among vegans, this just isn't something I see a lot of, despite how often it is discussed as a big problem among vegans. I know that this sentiment does exist, but it is very much at the fringe. Most of the demonstrations against indigenous practices like seal hunting are largely lead and endorsed by animal welfarists, who usually aren't vegan vegan.
I'm not saying this isn't a problem, we're a diverse community with a lot of differing viewpoints and political alignments. We should absolutely call it out where we see it. Frankly though, I am far more worried about the widespread erasure of animal agriculture (ranching in particular) as one of the key threats to indigenous sovereignty, but instead, everyone wants to talk about animal welfare activists whose are unwisely targeting indigenous people for hunting animals.
I just find so much of the conversation around this to be frustratingly performative. 99% of the time, indigenous issues are bought up as little more than stick to beat vegans with, at least on Tumblr. These viral posts criticisng vegans on this issue tend to be based on laughably simplistic generalisations of what indigenous culture even is, based more on "noble savage" stereotypes than any real effort to learn about indigenous culture.
Vegans are not at odds with indigenous people, anymore than any other non-indigenous group is. Veganism is a philosophy which rejects animal exploitation whenever possible and practicable, but there is a great deal of nuance in how that is applied.
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