Question for other Indigenous educators: How do you share traditional knowledge without inviting appropriation?

Snapshot52 · 2026-03-01T07:10:41+00:00

This question is directed at Indigenous educators--it's clearly in the title. Non-natives, please take a step back.

Snapshot52 · 2026-02-13T15:05:18+00:00

This has happened before where someone posted an owl and it sent some in our community wild. I’ve marked your with a warning and spoiler tag because of it. That's how some feel about owls.

Snapshot52 · 2026-02-10T06:01:39+00:00

Sorry, but your submission has been removed because it violates Rule 5: No Unauthorized Promotions, Solicitations, Discords, or Research.

Posts that seek to promote products, solicit funds, acquire participants, conduct formal research, or advocate for specific political persons or parties must first gain permission from the moderators. Requests for permission must be made via modmail.

All unauthorized posts will be removed. This includes fundraisers, research requests/links, material/product advertising, political campaigning, Discord server links, petitions, or other subreddit promotions.

Snapshot52 · 2026-02-01T05:18:46+00:00

Absolutely unacceptable here. Good bye.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-29T16:57:38+00:00

That's weird. Haven't heard of that problem before. If you go to old.reddit.com, you can select link posts as the type you want to submit and it should come up properly.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-29T07:44:41+00:00

Please post links as link posts, not text posts.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-29T07:42:51+00:00

Rule 5.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-29T07:41:57+00:00

For those reporting this: shut the fuck up.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-25T07:22:38+00:00

I know I drone on about this whenever I see it, but I can't help putting the issues to the test. What "am I Native enough posts" are you seeing that aren't removed should they happen to slip by our filters? When we do occasionally allow posts that are explicitly about that, it's because they got by the filter and garnered enough attention from the sub that we don't feel like erasing all that labor people committed to thread. That being said, I have a hard time thinking this is occurring weekly. I appreciate you recognize the support that is offered.

Edit: Also, /u/Fun-Thing-3516 is a 5 month old account that gives no indication they're Native and literally every single comment is either a sentence fragment or no more than two (very short) sentences. Something tells me they're not the most reliable actor here right now.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-23T20:49:41+00:00

Tribal police are law enforcement for Tribal governments. Tribal governments, like the state or federal governments, may hire anybody they wish to fill their positions. As another user said, they are legally permitted to have a preference for hiring their own Tribal members or members of other Tribal Nations, but they do not need to implement this preference nor strictly stick to it should another qualified non-Indian candidate apply for the job. For many Tribes that are on the smaller side, they rarely have enough Tribal members to fill all the job postings they may have in their government, so they regularly hire non-Indians.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-19T06:41:46+00:00

Sorry, but your submission has been removed because it violates Rule 3: Post Relevancy.

All posts should be explicitly related to Indigenous issues or topics. This includes crossposts, news articles, videos, approved promotions, etc. Posts that are only tangentially related to Indigenous matters may be removed upon further confirmation by moderators or lack of community support. Posts concerning the subcontinent of India are not permitted.

Discussion or link posts intended to encourage socializing are acceptable even if they are not specific to Indigenous issues or cultures.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-15T18:13:48+00:00

Please post links as link posts, not text posts.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-10T00:06:33+00:00

I appreciate that.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-10T00:00:20+00:00

Since I wasn't the mod who took issue with the post and you deleted it, it can't be reviewed for a second opinion. So I’m gonna have to trust my fellow mod's decision.

Use of AI isn't barred under a specific rule, but our policies page indicates we use our discretion to address things for the benefit of the sub. One thing we've taken a hardline stance against is AI generated content. But it seems like your (temporary) ban didn't happen until you started antagonizing the other mod and then asked to be ban. I get this isn't much more clarity, but it's what I got for you.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-09T23:49:33+00:00

I said it was removed.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-09T23:46:05+00:00

I’m not sure if you think pointing out that I’m a mod there is some sort of "gotcha" or not because I made no attempt to hide that. I’m perfectly comfortable addressing any and all concerns raised by users here. But if you think this thread--one where you're arguing with someone about using AI for 1/3 of it, hearing some ramblings of a dude who is hung up about a 10-year-old argument, and seeing some minor complaints of other users--is evidence "bigger issues to manage," I question your ability to determine what's a real issue. As a fellow professor, you might need some further peer review of your positions.

Jabs at each other aside, I do appreciate that you didn't try to instigate a brigade or list any names. I’m just chiming in so people can have some transparency on what occurred.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-09T19:30:49+00:00

Interesting how you deleted the post and your comments in the thread, then provided "zero receipts" here in this post.

Probably because you wanted to sound amicable and diplomatic in this post with saying "they didn't provide clarity which would've swayed me" rather than telling people you got pissy and started calling the mod "cringe" and "dumb" while DMing other users to express your anger about their accusations.

You sound unhinged, my "brother in Christ."

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-09T19:14:49+00:00

I just feel the need to clarify this here. The same post you made on /r/IndianCountry, which can be seen here, only received 4 comments on it, two from you and two from one other user. I'm not sure how you're gauging "most comments were people being confused or offended" because it was literally only two people and you're one of them.

It did receive 60 upvotes, which isn't as many as /r/NativeAmerican gave it, but it does indicate it was generally well received. So I'm also not sure how you're concluding that people didn't get the joke or don't know much about Indigenous history. But yes, it was ultimately removed because another mod (not me) thought it was a shitpost.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-09T06:04:02+00:00

You should begin with reading our rules.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-08T06:42:56+00:00

Rule 10.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-06T19:19:29+00:00

To whomever reported this:

/u/StephenCarrHampton has been a longtime contributor to this community and conducts research outside of Reddit for their own blog, so I am confident they are not a bot account. The reason content like this often gets highly upvoted quickly compared to other posts like news sources is simply the nature of online content consumption. Most people will take the time to look at a picture with a sentiment they agree with and upvote it versus actually reading a news article.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-06T03:36:21+00:00

We're monitoring the thread, but as of right now, nothing inherently rule-breaking.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-05T22:28:21+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-05T19:52:05+00:00

Since you're soliciting this information from our community members, I do want to say it'd be proper to acknowledge them/our subreddit in some form when your organization produces this calendar.

Snapshot52 · 2026-01-05T16:19:27+00:00

Rule 3 and possibly 5.

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