Picnic Princess posted:

It is actually annoying how there's this exoticism of Native people being so magically in tune with the planet to the point they're essentially viewed as these mystical demigods that have secret knowledge of the planet that the White Man just needs coaching in order to tap into as well. I know a lot of non-Native people who almost obsess over the beautiful and mystical Native people to the point of idolatry and honestly it's kind of creepy. My great-aunt will sometimes share posts from a Facebook page called "I love Native People" and it's pretty hosed up because it's seriously objectifying and putting these people on this pedestal of, as said so many times, mystical creatures rather than human beings.