Periagoge
Scenario

When you're too mixed to claim your heritage

My dad is full Hawaiian and my mom is white and I look more like her, so when I try to connect with Native practices people look at me like I don't belong anywhere.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Colonial beauty standards and blood quantum thinking fracture one's relationship to ancestral spiritual identity.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Pacific?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.