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[quote=LEON8ME,283529]Hello LEONARDO !

>>  Indian cultural paradigm is declining in the USA, isn't it? In other words, the aboriginal culture is being overwhelmed by "American pop culture".  <<

You are absolutely correct !  You are completely accurate !  Even in larger, presumably well-educated cities in the United States, there are entire populations of people that have no real knowledge of Native American culture.  I have even personally met people who had the idea that Native Americans were a fiction created by "Hollywood" !

But the Native American culture and paradigm is far from declining or disappearing.  It is perhaps better-described as being oppressed by "American pop culture".  In America, Native American communities have been known as "Reservations".  In Canada, the term is "Reserves"  Canada has some very large Native American National Reserves. Tribal Leaders who wish to preserve their traditional culture from further oppression or change often initiate insular policies in Reservation politics. I think this insular mindset can be counter-productive, simply because the idea "does not get out"...  the idea that Native American Culture is valid, vibrantly alive, healthy, and appropriate to an ecologically-challenged world.

I believe Native American communities have a lot in common with rural Chinese populations, and populations of Chinese Ethnic minorities. Traditional and ancient ways of relating to Nature have become supremely important..  because they can inform and help a world "pop culture" that has forgotten how to grow their own food.

OK, I admit I'm getting a bit off-thread, here,  but..  I persist in my thought that Native American paradigms and Traditional Chinese paradigms have affinity for one-another.

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