#native cultures

I will try to update this post with every new addition to hopefully make a comprehensive list of Tumblr regional communities

Edit July 29th: the post has reached a point where Tumblr won't let me add any more links, so from now on all tags are plain text to make it fair

The list so far:

Europe

• Czech

#česky, #hezky česky - general Czech language posts, frequently featuring user-written poetry, art, sometimes politics and current events, warning: often contains vent posts

#čumblr - Czech but frequently used by Slovaks as well, primarily memes and fandom things, shipping, art, cultural things, frequently overlaps with #česky

#obrození, #obrozujeme - memes and fandoms as well but with more emphasis of maintaining and developing Czech culture, is a mostly humorous parody/self-proclaimed continuation of the Czech National Revival of the 1800s, overlaps with #čumblr and #česky

• Slovak

#slovensky - general Slovak language posts

#slumblr, #sumblr, NEW - #ťumbľr - Slovak, general posts, memes, fandom and culture things, sometimes overlaps with #čumblr

• Polish

#polska, #polish - Polish, general posts, art, politics and current events

#polblr, #polishposting, #polskie rzeczy - Polish, more humorous general posts and memes, often overlap with the above

• Ukrainian

#ukraine - general Ukrainian posts, often in English

#укртумбочка - mostly used by artists

• General Slavic

#slav, #slavic, #slavposting, #slavic stuff - mixed Slavic, usually cultural things, memes, art and photography, sometimes politics, sometimes visited by other East Europeans

• Irish

#gaeilge - Irish, general posting but especially cultural things and memes, often features posts for language learning

• Welsh

#cymraeg, #tymblr - general Welsh posting, memes

• Romanian

#romanian - general Romanian tag

#romanisme, #vlandom - Romanian, mostly memes and humor

• Hungarian

#magyar, #hungarian, #tumbli - Hungarian language, mostly quotes

• Finnish

#suomitumblr, #suomitumppu, #suomipaskaa, #suomeksi, other variations beginning with suomi - general (shit)posting

any and all swear words such as #perkele, #vittu, #saatana, #helvetti and #paska - shitposts, overlap with above

• Dutch

#dutch, #the netherlands, #netherlands, #holland, #nederland, #nederlands - general Dutch posts

#nedermemes, #dutchcore - memes, shitposting

• German

#deutsch, #german stuff - general German posting

#BundesTag - memes and humor

blogs like @official-deutschebahn, @official-german-medienlandschaft and other official-deutsche- blogs, "because THE joke of German tumblr is to act like an overly bureucratic public institution"

• Swedish

#sweblr, #swedenposting, #svea rike - memes, shitposts, fandom stuff, sometimes political

#svenskt, #sverige - general Swedish stuff

#all makt åt tengil vår befriare, #sa du sten - used mostly by @svenskjavel

#borås - posts and memes about the city, "kinda like Swedish Ohio"

#lesbisk, #bög, #bisexuell, #pansexuell, #hbtq+, #hbtq, #homosexuell, #asexuell - Swedish queer tags

• French

#upthebaguette, #french side of tumblr, #whatthefrance - general French posting but especially memes, comics, art

#bagaitte - French queer posting

• Greek

#greek tumblr, #ελληνικα, #ελλαδα, #γρεεκ, #ελληνικο ταμπλρ - general stuff

#greek memes - memes

Catalan

#coses de la terra - general stuff

Belarusian

#беларускі тамблер - general stuff, fandoms

#артшляхта - art

Italian

#itablr - general stuff, not very populated yet

#welcome to italy, #italian things, #italian stuff, #italy tag, #roba italiana

#sanremo - for the Sanremo Music Festival, also #domenica in but only after the end of the festival

Italians also frequently gather under #leonardo rai, #medici, #i medici, #montalbano and #il giovane montalbano

Estonian

#eestiblr, #eesti - general stuff

@unofficial-estonia - blog

Danish

@useless-denmarkfacts - blog

Spanish

#español - general Spanish (* I noticed some Mexicans using these too so there may be overlap with American Spanish-speaking countries as well)

#citas, #frases - quotes

#humor grafico - memes

Scottish Gaelic

#gaidhlig, #gaelposting - general, art, language

Africa

Moroccan

#المغرب, #Maroc -general, often photos

Asia

• South Asian

#desiblr, #desi, #desi tag - general South Asia posting, memes, humor, sometimes also used by Arab people

• Indian

#dabara tumblr, #தம்பிளர் - suggested tags for South India

Russian

#русский тамблер, #русский tumblr - general stuff, memes

Sri Lankan

#අරගලයට ජය, suggested tags LKA or #Lankablr if anyone's interested

Indonesian

@useless-indonesiafacts - blog

Israeli

# עברית# ,ישראבלר - general stuff (sorry if these are broken, tumblr keeps fucking with right-to-left scripts)

Arabic

#عربي - general

#كتب, #كتاب, #كتابات - books and writing

Oceania

Australian

#auscore, #straya - general stuff, culture, memes and shitposts

#auspol - politics

Aotearoa (New Zealand)

#māori, #te reo māori - Māori tags

Americas

Brazilian

#brazil, #brasil, #Come to brazil, #br posting, #meu brasil brasileiro, #tumblr br - general and memes

Turtle Island (North American) Indigenous

#ndn, #ndn tumblr - usually about culture, memes etc

"If you're looking for something specific to your tribe, try the non-English spelling of your tribe's name (Tsalagi for Cherokee, for example)"

Not location-specific

Jewish

#jumblr, #frumblr - general stuff, history, discussions, posts mostly in English

Romani

#romani, #rroma, #rrumblr - romani sides of tumblr, general stuff, history, discussions, mostly in English

Please share around wherever you're from, US American local cultures are welcome as well, especially indigenous (though that should go without saying)

What Do Native Cultures Have in Common?: Ep 6 of Crash Course Native American History

The Real Impacts of Archaeology on Native Americans: Ep 7 of Crash Course Native American History

What are the Fish Wars and Why Do They Matter?: Ep 9 of Crash Course Native American History

The Truth About Columbus’s “First Contact”: Ep 10 of Crash Course Native American History

From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee: Ep 11 of Crash Course Native American History

The History of America’s Indian Boarding Schools: Ep 12 of Crash Course Native American History

The Indian Reorganization Act Explained: Ep 13 of Crash Course Native American History

The Termination Act Explained: Ep 14 of Crash Course Native American History

As a bit of an addition to my last post regarding the ‘Not Deer’ I am gonna talk about another issue that deeply bothers me as a historian who enjoys learning about Native culture: the fact that some native legends are treated as interchangeable. 

Let me explain:

Just because something comes from Native folklore does not mean they all come from the same place

The biggest issue I see in the cryptozoology community along with the mythology community, paranormal community, and even the horror community to an extent in regards to native folklore is this: they treat ALL native legends as if they came from the same place and use some stories  interchangeably.

Native culture in both North America and South America is EXTREMELY DIVERSE and can vary greatly upon geographic region. If you study native folklore there can be some overlap (especially with cultures that are close to each other geographically) but even with those overlaps present that does not mean those cultures and legends can be used interchangeably.  

Example: Wendigos and Skinwalkers (two legends I often see used in place of each other).

Wendigos are from the Algonquin language family which is located in the North Eastern part of the United states and parts of Canada. They were once members of a tribe who had their souls corrupted by their own acts of greed and are then cursed to spend the rest of their lives with an eternal blood lust and inhuman appearance. They are not animal like, and if I had to compare them (physically) to anything they look a lot like the Rake. 

Meanwhile Skinwalkers exist in the Western Half of the United States and are from Navajo folklore (and the folklore of surrounding tribes). They are witches who at one point were medicine men/women who abused their powers and thus became Skinwalkers. They DO have the power to transform into animals, but they also maintain their sentience and use this sentience to bring harm to others (sometimes out of personal gain, sometimes out of revenge and greed). They can also change between forms (which a Wendigo cannot do because a wendigo is stuck how it is forever). 

In a very superficial way these legends are kinda similar since they both deal with the consequences of ones own actions and both have an element of permanent transformation/soul corruption to them. HOWEVER, the similarities end there since both of these stories mean different things, both of these beings do not function the same (Skinwalkers have sentience, wendigos do not), and both of these beings play vastly different roles in their own respective cultures. 

I have also noticed this same homogenizing thing going on not just with legends, but with other aspects of native culture as well. 

This is more of a “people just being stupid” sort of problem but I have noticed when non-native people talk about native cultures (IE: cultural practices, foods, dress, dances, and music) they often do not disclose what culture they are talking about. They just kinda say “oh, this is just a native American thing" and that is about it.  

Once again, native cultures can be (and often are) vastly different from each other. 

If you are going to talk about native culture at least name WHICH NATIVE CULTURE you are talking about. In the USA ALONE there are 574 different tribes that are federally recognized. There is also possibly more that are not federally recognized, and many more that now no longer exist due to genocide. Due to their being 574+ tribes in the US alone specifying which one you are talking about is important since that also means there are 574+ ways of doing things. 574+ versions of stories, cultural traditions, etc.