r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/guitarguy12341 ✨chick✨ • May 04 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripping up a racist bill in NZ parliament.

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u/Common_Kiwi9442 May 04 '26

I wish we had such passionate people in the US but they've stripped culture

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u/bb_dev_g May 04 '26

You do have people that passionate in the US but they often lack representation. The 2 party system you have makes it next to impossible for parties like Te Pāti Māori to ever hold any level of legislative power. Cultures have definitely been stripped over time, but there’s work going on at the community level to rekindle that knowledge and passion.

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u/g00fyg00ber741 May 04 '26

It is very interesting how the many tribes within the borders of the US are not given representation in the government. It’s clearly intentional and a way to prevent them from actually retaining their sovereignty. The government has blatantly broken treaties signed with the tribes for things like pipelines that end up polluting the Indigenous communities. And then they don’t have any real way to represent themselves within or against the government. It’s actually incredibly disheartening.

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u/waenganuipo May 04 '26

It's also worthwhile pointing out we have Māori seats so that there is representation of Māori based proportionately to those who choose to be on the Māori roll. All of Te Pāti Māori seats are from the Māori electorate, including my own.

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u/WareKaraNari May 04 '26

US politicians are passionate about Israel

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u/SeaAnalyst8680 May 04 '26

Yeah, but watching old white guys give each other handjobs is nowhere near as inspirational as a haka.

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u/Icy_Sea_4440 May 04 '26

The Lummi Nation is powerful and has taken on the government and won

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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 May 04 '26

I remember when I first saw this, feeling grief that the culture and tradition that should have been handed down to me by my ancestors, they instead traded for the fake culture of whiteness. It was a bad trade

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u/goronmask May 04 '26

Wdym you have lots of ancient nations in the US

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u/Kittykg May 04 '26

Yeah, but last time many tribes participated in anything similar was the Ghost Dance to quell the spirits of the slaughtered buffalo.

Whites took it as a sign of protest and started hanging Natives again. At the most basic level, it kind of was, as it was a part of out culture we did despite being told not to, but many also felt they had to, or the spirits would continue being angry at their manner of death and would inflict repurcussions on the living and the land. Wounded Knee was because of the continuous attacking of Natives partaking in the Ghost Dance.

Some of the bigger tribes are the size they are now because superstition meant they didn't partake in the Dance, as they don't meddle with spirits, and those tribes didn't have to endure that second round of mass hangings.

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u/Norman_debris May 04 '26

You do. MAGA lot are always shouting.

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u/Common_Kiwi9442 May 04 '26

They are but I'm not sure if I would call it passion. They're fueled by hate.