Respect Ancestors, Respect Nations: Halloween Without Harm

By: CC Hovie 
 
Every October, Halloween decorations line the shelves, costumes fill the racks, and horror movies flood our screens. But for Native Peoples, this season is another reminder of how our cultures—and even our Ancestors—are too often turned into backdrops for entertainment.  
 
From “Indian costumes” that reduce diverse Native Peoples to stereotypes, to haunted house attractions that use burial sites as props, this pattern is not harmless fun. It is dehumanization. It is appropriation. And it continues to cause real harm. ​

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