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Cultural Awareness: Native American’s When Christopher Columbus landed in America he thought he landed in the East Indies, but it was the West Indies instead. There were millions of indigenous people when he reached the New World in 1942. He named the indigenous people Indian’s. According to Lehnardt (2015), there are 566 federally recognized Native American tribes. The largest tribal groups in the U.S are the Sioux, Navajo, Chippewa, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Iroquois. In today’s society, we see many Native American cultures being used in various ways. However, there are also many ways that the Native American culture can be used in a positive or a negative manner. Native American’s are clearly misunderstood, especially their culture and†¦show more content†¦Yet many know that it is a Native American symbol. Those of non-Native ancestry have Native American tattoos inscribed onto their bodies in efforts to fashion new identities for themselves, specifically intended to mark them as different from the mainstream Euro-American norms; while those of Native American ancestry in the majority of cases select Native imagery for tattoo work as a means of claiming or reclaiming a native heritage [Haga 2001; Bove 2002; Rangel 1993; Biederman 1992]. (Schwarz 251) Sounds like culture insensitivity to me. We should be careful with what we put on our bodies, and actually research the history of tattoos like this instead of being unaware of how condemning it may be to other individuals. If there is at least one person who has any knowledge of this kind of tattoo, then they should inform others such as friends, families, and co-worker. Otherwise, it may seem ignorant when someone applies the dream catcher tattoo on their body without any insight or information about it. 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