At Indigenous Sacred Sites, Seeing Things I’m Not Supposed to See
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Western journalism tends to value transparency as a public good. But as an Indigenous reporter, I face a unique set of challenges: Include too-specific cultural details, and I risk endangering my community.
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@[email protected] this story seems to be saying one thing but it is actually saying something else🍸😿
"My #editors ask what the features are used for. A variety of purposes, I say, thinking carefully — hunting, storage, cooking. I’m leaving information out…
Write one too-specific #article, & #tribal historic preservation officers might find themselves fighting off #NewAge gatherings of non-Natives appropriating #Indigenous #worship. Or worse: Western scientists destroying ancestral remains for anthropological “research.”"
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https://www.propublica.org/article/indigenous-community-cultural-coverage-journalism
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@[email protected] Keep the sacred sacred. There is no need for the non traditional to have the knowledge that has kept the culture and the people who live it, whole. Once the sacred is mocked the people are diminished and the spirit goes into hiding. IOW: We don’t owe the public a peek at our insides for their infotainment.
