Periagoge
Scenario

When you're expected to represent a culture you're still learning

My white coworkers keep asking me to explain indigenous perspectives on everything like I represent all Native people, but I barely know my own traditions.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being positioned as cultural spokesperson creates pressure to embody knowledge that colonial disruption has made difficult to access.

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.

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