Okay, after sitting on it for awhile and thinking of the best way to respond now I will.
A few people have had an issue with the term I recently coined , "skinwalker". Though to my absolute knowledge only 2 have directly came to me about it.
Firstly I have absolutely no obligation to tell anyone what native american tribe I descend from or indigenous heritage I am. I don't plaster it everywhere because I don't have to, simple as that.
Now the important part, as far as I know only a few genuinely have a problem with the term I coined, and someone even got a rude anon due to the term (If you are this anon, block and unfollow me, thanks). I will not be responding to the individual asks as there's only two that are genuinely showing concern for this term, who themselves to my knowledge are not Navajo themselves.
In order to compromise, and in order to not exclude ANY indigenous people from this kind of term as many seemed to enjoy it, I decided to make individual terms for each heritage and tribe.
The skinwalker term will stay up, however it will be edited to be for those of Navajo descent or in the Navajo tribe, as that is where the term (albeit not english) came from originally.
If you are going to be a true native / indigenous activist, care about every culture, not just an aspect of one that just so happened to become popular due to western media. I've seen many uncritisized wendigo related terms, which is quite saddening but unsurprising.
That is all, I won't speak anymore on this or drag it on nor will I be responding to any rudeness in the comments or inbox. I hope this compromise will be good for all parties. I hope I didn't sound too rude in this, I've been sick and quite tired for the past few days. :o)
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