• Ilovethebomb
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    4 months ago

    Not 100%, all surviving Moriori are a mixture of Maori and Moriori. At this point probably some European as well.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      4 months ago

      The “full blooded X” argument is an attempt to disenfranchise Māori from their whakapapa. If a person can and wants to trace their lineage (whakapapa) to any iwi or waka then they are Māori.

      • Kaity@leminal.space
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        3 months ago

        I don’t know, I have a not insignificant amount of indigenous blood (not Maori) and without any cultural ties I don’t think it’s significant as an individual. My family was raised and then raised me with no real connections to any of our hereditary cultures.

        I don’t really have an interest in submerging into a culture that is foreign to me, nor am I interested in attempting to benefit from any sort of reparations. I’m just a white girl with a large fraction of indigenous blood.

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          3 months ago

          That was my “wants to” bit was supposed to cover. It’s entirety your choice and no-one else’s.

          I don’t get to tell you “how Māori” you are, or specifically if you are/not Māori enough.