It also seems to me to be unacceptable for authors to be unable to use one (or more) of those characters/symbols/etc. In some traditions, humans overpowered by greed could turn into wendigos; the myth thus served as a method of encouraging cooperation and moderation. Thank god I am not from USA, where this seems to be an issue. By Christian Chiakulas, Contributor Writer, musician, activist, single father from Chicago. And were on the right side, thats what were working on but sometimes you get that cannibal tendency. It just looks like a human that may be bigger than normal. Cookie Notice [47], Other creatures based on the legend, or named for it, appear in various films and television shows, including Dark Was the Night, Ravenous , The Lone Ranger (2013),[48] and the 2021 film Antlers by Scott Cooper, where the wendigo is portrayed as a deer-like creature with a glowing heart that moves from person to person with a never ending hunger. From Stephen Kings Pet Sematary to the television series Hanibal, the flesh-eating image of the wendigo is often presented apart from its original cultural contexts where it carries deep moral significance. I agree with some of it to a point, but disagree with most of it. Now that I have a major problem with. This form of cultural appropriation is deeply intertwined with systemic and institutionalized racism rooted in capitalism. Here's some links:Website - https://thesierramistify.wixsite.com/thesierramistifyEtsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/thesierramistify?ref=simple-shop-header-name\u0026listing_id=736195213Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesierramistify/Art Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesierramistify.art/- Music used in this video -Prime Beatz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkG3r3-ODOw Some of this critique was rightly directed at literal cultural theft . As a creator, I believe it is my responsibility, the responsibility of any creator, if using characters that belong to a culture other than mine and exploring themes from that culture, to be accurate. Rowling tries (and fails) to mitigate these implications by saying "although it is generally held to be a mark of the very greatest witches and wizards that they have also been able to produce wandless magic of a very high quality." Windigo psychosis may well be the most perfect example of the construction of an Aboriginal mental disorder by the scholarly professions, and its persistence dramatically underscores how constructions of the Aboriginal by these professions have, like Frankenstein's monster, taken on a life of their own. I think she knew that her decision would be challenged and she wanted to let people know that she had valid reasons for doing what she did. Dont look at it! The Wendigos are the ultimate antagonists of Until Dawn. Lurking in the deep woods of the Northern United States and Southern Canada lies a mysterious and fearsome Native American monster, the Wendigo. [20], Among the Assiniboine, the Cree, and the Ojibwe, a satirical ceremonial dance is sometimes performed during times of famine to reinforce the seriousness of the wendigo taboo. When you comment on, Asian American and Pacific Islander History, Race and Membership in American History: Eugenics. This term only applies to a . Let's stop dancing around this ugly truth: Right now, Katy Perry is pop culture's most prominent purveyor of racist cultural appropriation. With teepees, Im not sure I get it. The latest addition to this lineup of wendigo tales is Scott Cooper and Guillermo del Toros horror film Antlers (2021) in which a Native American character provides some brief exposition before the story centered around a white community contending with the monster begins in earnest. They got Thor and Loki all wrong and what the hell? In theory, art and other cultural products are created for the. C'est la maladie dont ces dputez furent atteints; et comme la mort est l'vnique remede parmy ces bonnes gens, pour arrester ces meurtres, ils ont est massacrez pour arrester le cours de leur manie. The Cambridge Dictionary, defines it as "the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture."And a lot of times, it is marked by a dominant culture taking from one that has been colonized and oppressed . You dont have to be of Afro-Caribbean descent to talk about, write about, or make movies about zombies. An uncontrollable craving for consuming human flesh, even if a plenty of other food is available. For this screenshot controversy, I am actually going to go over a video game for this. Mexicans: Cultural Appropriation PragerU 3.01M subscribers Subscribe 85K Share 2.2M views 4 years ago What is cultural appropriation? And we merely follow".[38]. Climbing the totem pole. [57] In the 2018 first-person shooter video game Dusk, wendigos are enemies that remain invisible until they receive damage. Replying to @luciproletariatfox #culturalappropriation #wendigoon, #yeti #wendigo #voodoodoll #culturalappropriation, #duet with @firelotusthewitch #culturalappropriation #vvitchtok #vvitch #witchywoman #pagantok #norsepagan #norsetok #pagansoftiktok #pagancommunity, I am curious to hear the opinions of others on this one. That, I would affirm, is truly and literally cannibalism, and it is cannibalism accompanied by no spiritually meaningful ceremony or ritual., More than a commentary on the life of wendigo stories amongst his own people, Forbes deploys the metaphor of the wendigo to advance nothing less than a critique of civilization at large and describes the violence that he argues lies at its foundation as one driven by a kind of wendigo psychosis. Film, This country is seeking to be whole Stretching out its arms and consuming all it can. Even in the face of ongoing cultural appropriation and erasure, wendigo stories are but one reflection of the survivance, wisdom, and brilliance of Native peoples. If it's so vulgar and offensive that many hate it, well they can just not look at it lmao - it clearly wasn't made for them. He writes: Wtiko is a Cree termwhich refers to a cannibal or, more specifically, to an evil person or spirit who terrorizes other creatures by means of terrible evil acts, including cannibalism I have come to the conclusion that imperialism and exploitation are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely those forms of cannibalism which are most diabolical or evil It should be understood that wtikos do not eat other humans only in a symbolic sense. And whoever!). ][22][failed verification], In historical accounts of retroactively diagnosed Wendigo psychosis, it has been reported that humans became possessed by the wendigo spirit, after being in a situation of needing food and having no other choice besides cannibalism. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Not so for anyone who isn't a straight, white male, and this trend in entertainment forces many people to seek out "niche" markets to find characters who look like them and are portrayed honestly and realistically. [11], This was the end of the wendigo is part of the traditional belief system of a number of Algonquin-speaking peoples, including the Ojibwe, the Saulteaux, the Cree, the Naskapi, and the Innu. The idea of getting down to the nitty-gritty came from the 18th century English slave trade, when nitty-gritty referred to the worthless debris left at the ship's bottom compartment after slaves had been evacuatedand evolved to include the slaves themselves. That taste of human flesh, which out of that rose the wendigo.. Other sources say wendigos were created when a human resorted to cannibalism to survive. Seems to me a great deal of what people write about in fantasy stories is borrowing from other cultures & nations & communities. And unfortunately for them, this isn't the first time. BTW, I love rainbow farting unicorns! :)Looking to buy some stickers or look at some pictures of my art or my other things? Ojibwe scholar Brady DeSanti asserts that the wendigo "can be understood as a marker indicating a person imbalanced both internally and toward the larger community of human and spiritual beings around them. It was already here. They travelled too much. So some may be fine if you draw it but don't say its full name. It springs from the well of the collective human unconscious, the communal soul. Now neither Christian culture is by any means endangered to become a minority (although some US Bible Belt hate preachers consistently claim so) nor is Chinese culture, so both are out of ansatz here. According to Professor Chris Schedler, the figure of the wendigo represents "consuming forms of exclusion and assimilation" through which groups dominate other groups. After thinking about it more, I think I get it about the wendigos. The Wendigo may be a figure from American Indian mythology, but it belongs to all of humankind. Check it out here:https://youtu.be/fHE4fkvUpWMI really just made this video to express how I am currently feeling about the wendigo doll situation and the questions I have about it. Send them to Marvel. Copyright 2022 Facing History & Ourselves. [56], Various characters inspired by the legend, or named for it, appear in Role-playing video games, such as 2018's Fallout 76 by Bethesda Game Studios, where wendigos are featured as one of the cryptid enemies found in the area of Appalachia, mutated from people who consumed human flesh in isolation. They're monsters. It too is cannibalistic; however, it is characterized as enlightened with ancestral insights. Magazine with fellow environmental thought leaders, LaDuke said: Theres this conflict between the cannibals and Mother Earth, and its going on everywhere. She annoys the hell out of me. I will draw whatever I feel like drawing. Is it Cultural Appropriation if I have a Wendigo character. The question of how to challenge the wtiko psychosis as described by Forbes and Wendigo Economics as described by LaDuke is a difficult one, but the mythic force of the concept of the wendigo helps to underscore the urgency of these questions. [28] Given that he resorted to cannibalism so near to food supplies, and that he killed and consumed the remains of all those present, it was revealed that Swift Runner's was not a case of pure cannibalism as a last resort to avoid starvation, but rather of a man with Wendigo psychosis. New replies are no longer allowed. Pet Sematary is an important cultural artifact thanks to King's widespread popularity and recognition as a horror writer. Some researchers argued that, essentially, Wendigo psychosis was a fabrication, the result of nave anthropologists taking stories related to them at face value without observation. I dont know who originally posted it, or where. Second, he determines the relevant issues as "aesthetic" and "moral," and then discusses the most prominent arguments that surround each type of appropriation. Whether you understand it fully or not, cultural appropriation is a real thing and a real problem. On the other hand, "The Wendigo" is one of the first representations of the windigo by a I would advise anyone, however, who feels that way about my choice to create art or literature based on a wendigo, to simply avoid my gallery and writing. Blackwood's work has influenced many of the subsequent portrayals in mainstream horror fiction,[42][43] such as August Derleth's "The Thing that Walked on the Wind" and "Ithaqua" (1933 and 1941),[41] which in turn inspired the character in Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary,[42] where it is a personification of evil, an ugly grinning creature with yellow-grey eyes, ears replaced by ram's horns, white vapor coming from its nostrils, and a pointed, decaying yellow tongue. So for some woke culture types it's considered a form of disrespectful cultural appropriation to make your own Halloween monster or character based on a wendigo. J.K. Rowling, author of the absurdly-popular Harry Potter series (of which I'm a massive fan), recently waded into controversy with her four-part "Magic in North America" series, which outlines the Potterverse's American history. I mean, I have native heritage, grew up with the culture and I even have a wendigo character in my own comic that's based on the pop-culture version with the elk skull and whatnot so I honestly don't see an issue with it but if you're really concerned then perhaps try a different monster called the Leshy from Slavic folklore? Basically, the word wendigo can also function as a symbol for gluttony and the image of excess. Ojibwe scholar Dr. Brady Santi has developed this guide for teachers who would like to teach students about her communitys unique belief systems with an emphasis on the wendigo as it appears in popular films. I won't pretend I know everything about NA culture, but I believe that headresses and that kind of finery is only used on special occasions and was not how ordinary NAs dressed all the time. Jack committed suicide, but Joseph was tried and sentenced to life in prison. He was eating the juice (marrow) from the inside of the bones of his legs that were cut off. 1. Wendigos/Windigos/etc. Europeans may well have behaved like Wendigos when they invaded the Americasthey didbut they didnt bring the Wendigo with them. Strictly speaking, cultural appropriation is the adoption of some element of another culture -- food, language, practices, fashion, etc. The Windigo also has the power to turn humans into cannibals who suffer the same . (A friend sent this screenshot to me, along with the info, because he knows how much PC-ism pisses me off. [24], Although in many recorded cases of Wendigo psychosis the individual has been killed to prevent cannibalism from resulting, some Cree folklore recommends treatment by ingestion of fatty animal meats or drinking animal grease; those treated may sometimes vomit ice as part of the curing process. Marvel Comics pay tribute to classic Monsters. are not cryptids, and don't even traditionally have deer skulls for heads. [58] Several of these creatures also appear in the game's cover art.[59]. The windigo, however, continues to seek revenge for this attempted scholarly execution by periodically duping unsuspecting passers-by, like psychiatrists, into believing that windigo psychosis not only exists but that a psychiatrist could conceivably encounter a patient suffering from this disorder in his or her practice today! [21] The last known wendigo ceremony conducted in the United States was at Lake Windigo of Star Island of Cass Lake, within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.[when? identity. One time long ago a big Windigo stole an Indian boy, but the boy was too thin, so the Windigo didn't eat him up right away, but he travelled with the Indian boy waiting for him till he'd get fat. It can serve as a metaphor explaining any pattern of domination by which groups subjugate and dominate or violently destroy and displace. Dont like someones fetish? Native Americans shouldn't be a "niche," and neither should women, LGBT people, or people of color. . [29], Another well-known case involving Wendigo psychosis was that of Jack Fiddler, an Oji-Cree chief and medicine man known for his powers at defeating wendigos. He ultimately was granted a pardon but died three days later in jail before receiving the news of this pardon. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets; the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. [40][41] Joe Nazare wrote that Blackwood's "subtly-demonizing rhetoric transforms the Wendigo from a native myth into a descriptive template for the Indian savage."[42]. It's like saying vampires are sacred. I am ashamed I watched all the movies. We do the same thing with a lot of mythological creatures. Facing History and Ourselves combats racism and antisemitism by using history to teach tolerance in classrooms around the globe. The Windigo had a knife and he'd cut the boy on the hand to see if he was fat enough to eat, but the boy didn't get fat. The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation; its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. Further, cultural appropriation often occurs as the backwash of colonization, and contributes to widening existing divisions and perpetuating patterns of historic dispossession and oppression. Some controversial new studies question the syndrome's legitimacy, claiming cases were actually a product of hostile accusations invented to justify the victim's ostracism or execution."[35]. Welcome to Facing Today, a Facing History blog. Chippewa author Louise Erdrich's novel The Round House, winner of the National Book Award, depicts a situation where an individual person becomes a wendigo. It also includes the unauthorized use of parts of their culture (their dress, dance, etc.) No one said it were exceptional that way. It shouldn't be bad thing if you don't mock culture, make sure to have all information you can ( read books from culture or ask someone who grew up with said culture if they are willing to teach you) but then again they aren't from your culture and unlike creatures like vampires they are a bit more closed i don't know is it good to use them. The horror film Antlers adopts an old monster for its story, which serves as both a benefit and a hindrance. Im just struggling to understand the significance of it. They heard the Windigo calling the boy. But its none of your concern what turns someone on! Apparently, wendigos are sacred creatures from several indigenous cultures. I know people who are absolutely terrified of them, branching out from their fear of deer. As a result, in 1907, Fiddler and his brother Joseph were arrested by the Canadian authorities for homicide. 5. His first novel, THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER: WEREWOLF, is available for purchase at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/734763 They went back again to see if he was dead. Still though, Im not sure I fully get the Native American spirits(?) Kaitlin Smith on November 30, 2021. The legend of the Wendigo stems from Native American folklore, primarily in Algonquian-speaking tribes located in south and southeastern Canada, the Great Lakes Region, and northeastern United States. No one can try to stake a singular claim to it. In the course of the transformation from human to wendigo, the person exhibits increasing selfishness, violence, hunger, and greedparticularly for human flesh. It's a really cool beast that I personally would like to see more in fiction. No cultural appropriation in it, I promise! I'm all for respecting other people's cultures, but straight up trying to tell people they can't respectfully depict a fictional creature because it's ,,stealing" or ,,evoking the creature" or something is just way too overboard. The film dives deep into cultural appropriation during those pivotal scenes in which the black crows help save the day for the titular flying elephant. It first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #162 (April 1973), and again in the October 1974 issue. By the mid-1990s, it had gained a solid place in academic discourse, particularly in the field of sociology. Cultural appropriation refers to the use of objects or elements of a non-dominant culture in a way that reinforces stereotypes or contributes to oppression and doesn't respect their original meaning or give credit to their source. Lipsitz, writing in the the 1990s, argued that cultural appreciation becomes cultural appropriation "when an element of culture is adopted from a marginalized group without respect for its . So, thanks, Dave! No they fucking aren't. The wendigo is a terrifying presence that feeds on negative energy and human flesh, making it a natural addition to the horror genre. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash-gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. It turned its hunger on the Americas, a wendigo so hungry that it consumes its own lips if there is nothing else for it to eat. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Shock factor aside, it's especially eye-catching in that it isn't necessarily a result of being desperate for food. The legend of the Wendigo is, in fact, one of the oldest manifestations of a taboo peculiar to most human societies, and which was already widespread among Anglophone tribes: cannibalism. As it so happens, I am currently working on a project involving a Wendigo, so this is personal to me. [28] He eventually confessed and was executed by authorities at Fort Saskatchewan. This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. In a report from the Contemporary Folklore conference covered in issue 388 of FORTEAN TIMES, the go-to magazine for all things paranormal, weird, or unexplained, a complaint is voiced about the "cultural appropriation" of the Wendigo, likening it to the "sexualization" of the Mothman statue in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. In my blind quest to represent everyone, all I did was reinforce the problem. Not only is it not offensive, I LOVE seeing references to wendigos in popular culture! It also includes the unauthorized use of parts of their culture (their dress, dance, etc.) The Indians then killed him and cut him to pieces. Truly insensitive cultural appropriation is when you're taking a part of another culture and portraying it in a deliberately insensitive or disrespectful manner. Payals, or anklets, are meant to symbolize the arrival of a wife into her husband's house. Clunky prose aside, this is the "noble savage" trope repurposed for Rowling's universe, with just a pinch of Magical Negro thrown in for good measure. It has no place in the world of Folklore and monsters. Wendigos, teepees and cultural appropriation I read some stuff yesterday saying that teepees are cultural appropriation and there was a long post about how wendigos aren't cryptids and how stories about them are cultural appropriation.
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