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what if someone has no connection to Native Americans but has knowledge, or particular amount of respect for their culture to use a name from a certain tribe or a tribal name.
I have a few friends who are part, or full native american, and they have no problem with people using their names [I asked because I like certain names [my friends are: Cherokee, Hopi, Cheyenne, and a few others]. As long as they have a knowledge, and respect for them in general.
Then again it can go for any culture if you *really* think about it. People use names from different cultures all the time without even thinking that it could be offensive or disrespectful to that culture. When it comes to Native American names the names are off limits to most (I could understand a bit of it though, in not using the names) but why is not not disrespectful in other situations?
I guess it depends on the actual person though. To each their own.
I have a few friends who are part, or full native american, and they have no problem with people using their names [I asked because I like certain names [my friends are: Cherokee, Hopi, Cheyenne, and a few others]. As long as they have a knowledge, and respect for them in general.
Then again it can go for any culture if you *really* think about it. People use names from different cultures all the time without even thinking that it could be offensive or disrespectful to that culture. When it comes to Native American names the names are off limits to most (I could understand a bit of it though, in not using the names) but why is not not disrespectful in other situations?
I guess it depends on the actual person though. To each their own.
This message was edited 1/20/2007, 8:24 PM
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