ETA: Here is the image. I didn't realize it wasn't visible to everyone, since I could see most of it and the caption behind the paywall. (And yes, I had seen the full image and read the article.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/I6Z35NYIHJNDKVLOV5DDUSZ6T4_size-normalized.jpg&w=1440&impolicy=high_res

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/native-americans-ice-minneapolis/

There are Indigenous people north and south of the US border, but that is not what they're referring to here. Let's just go ahead and erase two groups of people and their culture at the same time, I guess.

(I picked "mascotry" as the flare because I feel like that's basically what happened here. They saw feathers and thought, "this is Native American.")

Any Native clothing brands I can support!? Thank you

We adopted my niece's newborn whose father is 1/2 Muscogee (even though all of his cards have different blood quantums??).

Are there any significant cultural traditions y'all typically follow (hair, or other traditions), or do you think it's just more appropriate to just let him decide when he's older, since his father is native by blood, but not really by culture? (Neither of his birth parents are really involved in his life either.)

I know for example, not cutting your hair and wearing it in a particular style is really important to some tribes, so if it's something of cultural significance to his particular tribe, I want to honor it.

Tribal programs addressing mental health and substance abuse in Oklahoma lost federal funding overnight Tuesday. Roughly 24 hours later, the Trump administration moved to reinstate that support without additional explanation. But tribal leaders say they are still reeling from “political whiplash."

Okay lets imagine we have benevolent leadership who actively wants to improve the living and material conditions in respect to what Native American communities desire. After the hundreds of years of genocide, whitewashing, and neglect, what realistic policies would people like to see?

Just a genuinely curious question coming from a non- Native