| The Native staff wear traditional Wampanoag clothing, and demonstrate traditional skills. The Native staff are not 'role-players' and will answer questions from a 21st-century point of view. We find it interesting -almost shocking - that there is a sign along the trail, just before the Wampanoag village, explaining that the "culture of the Wampanoag may be very different from what you expect (no feathered headdresses or teepees etc.)" and that the Native interpreters are actual Native people, and visitors are told to "avoid questions or comments that are based on stereotypes, such as saying "How" for a greeting, or addressing Native staff as "squaw" or "chief". Okay then! |
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