Exploring your Indigenous Heritage (BEGINNERS biggest Misconceptions)
Credit: Mallory at Tribal Trade
Are you beginning to learn about your Indigenous heritage?
If you’re just starting to learn more about your Indigenous heritage – there are some BIG misconceptions when exploring or digging into your ancestry, or cultural heritage that can lead you down the WRONG PATH!
So if you are on your journey to discovering your Indigenous heritage then keep on watching!
TOP 7 Big MISCONCEPTIONS when it comes to learning about your native roots – and your Indigenous cultural background:
You underestimate the importance of defining your intentions for learning, and being clear on what exactly heritage and identity means to you
Relying on the results of your DNA test being 100% accurate
Thinking that your bloodline, your ancestry, what lives in your family tree is what makes up your identity
Asking your relatives or other connections
Believing that gatekeepers are protecting Indigenous culture
Focusing on embracing only one 1 part of your ancestry
Striving to accomplish your identity as point of destination
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