The indigenous bond between Māori and Native Americans

“We’re proud and we’re here today because of the resilience our ancestors instilled in us.”
For three years HAKA Māori Cultural Experience has been travelling to Florida to exchange indigenous culture and knowledge with the Seminole tribe.
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For Native American Month 2023 the Māori group returned to the US where they shared their culture and traditions including kapa haka, traditional instruments, carving, haka, and tā moko.
The group got to witness the traditional Seminole practice of alligator wrestling. This is a skill that was developed during the Seminole wars with the United States in the 1800s when the tribe was forced into the alligators environment and they had to capture them to survive.
The two indigenous people have developed an intimate bond through their shared commitment to preserving and celebrating their culture to ensure it’s strong for future generations.
This is part of our reo Māori series, Ohinga, created by @mahitahiagency with funding from @te_mangai_paho. Stay tuned for a new episode every week.
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[@RuaTheHua]

I love the original north and South American people. Love from a Māori

[@DjWellDressedMan]

HAKA Māori Cultural Experience: 2024
Toronto is FULL of First Nations People and WE would love to meet and greet the HAKA Māori Cultural Experience to Turtle Island North.

[@youngk001]

For sure. I’m from manitoba and have been studying the maori for abit and I also would love if they brought and showed us haka here as well. It would be an amazing experience that would bring us together.

[@LimitNZ]

✌

[@bmar5415]

To me imo i feel our warrior nation needs to protect our brothers and sisters across the seas and do what we can as whanau to protect their tikanga

[@dixonbeejay]

Ataahua ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chevydoitzKiwiVerrer]

Kia Ora 👋😊 Kia Arohanui from Aōtearoa 🖤❤🤍💯🤙

[@FlyingDutchGirl1998]

Did the Polynesians forget that Native Americans enslaved them in the 1860s? Peru, Chile, Guatemala and Nicaragua all had Polynesian slaves, in other words the Quechua, Maya, and Nahua people should be treated as some of Polynesia's biggest enemies like how Europeans are treated. Make all 4 countries pay for what they've done to the Polynesians

[@Tankhorse02]

Were on this side of the sea those brothers and sisters over there are on that side of the sea 🤗

[@zenmasterbeats5068]

They didn't enslave Maori my bro

[@zenmasterbeats5068]

The most atrocious damages was done by non indigenous more than anything

[@edenpuna9302]

If u look at our polynesian D.N.A u will find traces of all these cultures in our blood ,Chilli ,Peru etc . They are apart of our D.N.A as well. Our indigenous people only need to grow and multiply and become many because as long as we are still here we are definitely winning..lol bare in mind my very Maori ancestors also enslaved and ate eat other so yeah I think we are managing our future a lot better these days by prioritizing unity between our indigenous brothers and sisters far and wide. As Maori I can honestly say every Maori I have ever met only has good things to say about native American people. We actually have respect for all our indigenous peoples because a lot of our ancestors suffered in similar ways. We all had our cultures taken, our lands taken our languages taken even our kids taken and reformed to fit a society that wasn't our own so if we want to support each other and celebrate each other on the return of these things that were lost and stripped from us and share them with other indigenous cultures.Then why try to oppress us now when we do? Why do u want us to hate them?? All of us indigenous far and wide are stronger together and our children are learning fast and teaching their children and we are growing in numbers all over the world including every country that enslaved indigenous cultures.