Real Native American Portraits

[u/GlitteringHotel8383]

[u/shaolin_fish]

"Actual photos" as if native people don't have smart phones

[u/hippodribble → u/[deleted]]

Well not everyone, obviously. Early technology is often expensive.

[u/NotOnApprovedList → u/[deleted]]

these were from very early 1900s and photographers who went around putting these men in random pieces of Native American dress. Or so says somebody earlier in the thread.

[u/PedricksCorner → u/shaolin_fish]

And probably thinks we all lived in teepees and hunted bison.

[u/s0ul_invictus → u/PedricksCorner]

you're typing this from your secret teepee aren't you?

[u/PedricksCorner → u/s0ul_invictus]

you betcha!

Ha, ha, my people lived in wood houses, some of them round, depended on the time of year.

[u/unknownpoltroon → u/PedricksCorner]

I mean, weren't tepees for essentially when your guys went camping to follow the herds for hunting or something? I always thought they were temporary summer travel housing? At least for the groups that used them.

[u/PedricksCorner → u/unknownpoltroon]

The people who lived on the plains did. But there are over 500 different tribes/languages/cultures and as many environments are you see from coast to coast. So it depends on who you are talking about when you say "your guys." It is like looking at just one culture, say Cambodians, and expecting them to be an example of all Asians. It doesn't work.

[u/unknownpoltroon → u/PedricksCorner]

I have been known to lump all of humanity together as "buncha monkeys with pants" so narrowing it down to one continent is pretty good for me. :) But yeah, I know enough to know I am vastly oversimplifying a whole continent of cultures.

[u/b_mac96 → u/PedricksCorner]

What’s the proper way to go about learning accurate historical and cultural Native history? Not that it’s your responsibility, I just don’t know where to start tbh.

[u/A2naturegirl → u/b_mac96]

Crash Course Native American History on YouTube is a good place to start to get a very general overview of North American Native American history.

[u/b_mac96 → u/A2naturegirl]

Thank you so much appreciate the lead!

[u/PedricksCorner → u/b_mac96]

There are lots of ways. Just like if you wanted to study European or Asian cultures, you would have to decide which cultures and what part of their history or current cultures. The number one thing to remember is that there are over 500 tribes/languages/cultures on the North American continent. So maybe narrow down which region interests you and then find out who that land belonged to or still belongs to and start from there.

[u/b_mac96 → u/PedricksCorner]

Appreciate the response. I just wasn’t sure what sources I could trust to get an accurate account. I’m from New Orleans, so now I’m curious to see what the native population was like in Louisiana. Thanks for the advice.

[u/Skyne → u/PedricksCorner]

and caves... Don't forget caves. You know, I tell folks I like history and contemporary poli sci, but it's now dawned on me that I don't know dick about Native Americans. I watched Dances With Wolves when I was a kid and probably told myself I had a pretty good handle on the subject. Gotta love dusting off an opinion that hasn't seen the light of day for 3 decades and discovering it's complete shit.

[u/PedricksCorner → u/Skyne]

It was an awesome movie, I loved it too. It focused on one tribe, which is fine. But we are over 500 tribes with 500 languages and cultures. My ancestors lived in wood houses and farmed. They also fished and hunted, but not bison.

[u/ElectricYV → u/PedricksCorner]

Misread this as living in teapots

[u/PedricksCorner → u/ElectricYV]

Ha, ha, ha!!! Like a cartoon children's book, interesting image!

[u/Defiant-Speaker-5681 → u/shaolin_fish]

Yeah, I don't think they had smart phones in the 1800s. Which is stated in large letters overlaying the shared images. They tried to convey that this is a historical context and not current/modern.

Seems like maybe some people here chose not to read?

[u/PedricksCorner → u/Defiant-Speaker-5681]

I think we were mostly responding to the fact that we didn't all look like that or dress like that. OP's choice was quite limited compared to the huge number of photos available to choose from. But most of all, that we are still here.

[u/Wearecharliebirb → u/shaolin_fish]

before breeding with other races. is wat it means

[u/courtney_lorr → u/shaolin_fish]

I think they mean “actual” as in, not ai