I was happy as the next Indigenous person at Taika Waititi’s oscar win, as well as his dedication to indigenous children.
But, I need you all to recognize something.
He is the SECOND indigenous to win an Oscar.
The first winner is my Man Wes Studi who won just last year.
Yes he is cherokee and not Māori. But you gotta understand. We all consider ourselves to be kin.
Indigenous peoples around the world. Sami, Maori, Native Australians, Inuit, First Nations (including mexicans.) Indigenous is an all encompassing term for us.
So I am ASKING you to take that into consideration before spreading misinformation.
And yes, feel free to reblog this post.
-Sincerely, a tired Native American.
UPDATE!!!!
I need to inform you that the og herself, Miss Buffy St. Marie WAS in fact the first ever Oscar Recepient. So that’s four legends we have!! Go indigenous!!
Go Jewish, Go Māori, Go First Nations, Go Indigenous!!
fun fact: painters back then painted yellow fruits (most often lemons/other citrus fruits) to show off their skills. yellow is one of the most difficult colors to shade for with paint, so it showed off their skill in mixing colors. oftentimes, when theres a PEELED yellow fruit, the peel is way longer than it should be, too, just because the painters wanted to flex on people.
for example:
if you put the peel back on the lemon in your mind, you’ll find its way too long. this is genuinely just bc this painter in 1643 wanted to flex his painting skills
