Culture is not a Costume

On Wednesday, June 29, the Silverton Film Office shared an image detailing a casting call to dress up as “Cowboys, Indians, Starlets, and More” in the Silverton Fourth of July Parade. Many Silverton community members immediately recognized the racist innuendo and sent the post to Connor Ryan, a Hunkpapa Lakota professional skier and public advocate for Indigenous peoples. Connor has spent…

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