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Ponca checking in! Just wanted to say that its awesome seeing our youngest generation sharing.

That said, be sure to clarify the issue of who speaks. It's hard to "answer questions about Native Americans" when there are 560+ vastly different groups of people that fly under that name.

Coming from a powwow drum that represents 8 completely different nations is cool, but we definitely don't agree on a lot of things like sports mascots, the issue of quantum, enrollment, use of the term NDN, and per caps.

Good on you for answering these questions though! Here's mine though: if there was a resource for young natives to go to to become more involved with intertribal activities (non-powwow activities essentially) where would you point them to?

Yeah, same here. I hear California has a lot of regional youth programs (UNITY for one), and there are a couple in NM (eagle dance youth group in Hopi) but no real intertribal or national program that comes to mind. Almost wish there was something like a scouting program (haha!) for native youth.

Powwow is really the only way I connected with people outside my tribe. Hell I grew up off rez and didn't even go to "my" rez before I went to powwow in Ponca City. Nice connecting with you. Aho.

And a worse old guy.