do you hear yourself? why should i prove anything to you or anyone? can you imagine going up to a woman and say “prove to me you’re a woman. come on, take those clothes off.”

if you do not believe that I am Native that’s fine, but ask yourself why you feel so overwhelmed that you feel the need to send me messages demanding that I prove my ethnicity to you.

what will it do for you?

what you need to do, instead of identity policing, is think about why you believe all Natives can only be one way. Think about those stereotypes and who put them there.

Perhaps you can broaden your mind and realize that there is no “one look” for Native peoples, or one language, or one way to be.