Anthropology

TreasonousBastard

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3. There is, naturally, a raging debate about what to do about these isolated peoples...

Sat Nov 24, 2018, 05:10 AM

Nov 2018

and there is a disturbing link in the story to "tribal tourism".

I have no answer to the question of what, if anything, should be done with these people, but I am horrified of treating them as if they were animals in a zoo.

Maybe 40 years ago we were heading across Alligator Alley and saw a sign advertising a Seminole Village. Figuring it was another tourist trap, we stopped to check it out, but soon realized that it was an actual village with actual Seminoles living there. We walked by their "bedrooms" watching them get up and get dressed.

We paid a buck or so to see them in their "natural environment".

Couldn't get out of there fast enough.

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Confused about if this article should be posted in Science or Anthropology.... [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2018 OP

To all future Chaus of the world... Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #1

I saw it as anthropology. You don't hear about isolated groups much anymore. rusty quoin Nov 2018 #2

There is, naturally, a raging debate about what to do about these isolated peoples... TreasonousBastard Nov 2018 #3

I remember the Seminole Village on my several trips to Florida in the '50's. 3Hotdogs Nov 2018 #5

That is creepy, isn't it? Good grief. Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #6

Learning that cultures that you think are nuts, think your culture is nuts safeinOhio Nov 2018 #4

Thank you for your comment, safeinOhio. Very kind of you. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2018 #7