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The wild, messy, and proud art of Aboriginal tribes that gets all up in your face when you least expect it, especially in America, where they think the West is just a hat and a horse.
My art teacher drew a Navajo pattern on my lunch tray and called it a 'rebellion.' I got a detention and a free soda.
My cousin got in trouble for wearing a headdress to school and said, 'This isn't a costume, it's a sacred thing.'
My dog wore a feather and ran around the house like it was in a rodeo.
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The reason why some people get so angry when they say 'Aboriginal culture is being murdered' and someone else says, 'No, it's just being mildly beaten up.'
My mom said, 'They're not wiping out the whole culture, they're just giving it a few bruises.'
My brother got into a fight at the mall because someone called his favorite Aboriginal artist 'a piece of junk.'
My teacher said, 'You're not being erased, you're just being covered in glitter and called 'fancy.'
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