Many of my indigenous friends have had their Facebook pages shut down because of people who are not educated about or aware of indigenous cultures and who do not realize those are their real names. This is an outrageous lack of respect toward indigenous cultures and to the identities of native peoples on the part of Facebook. Please sign this petition in support of their rights to have indigenous names be accepted by Facebook!
Let’s accept being authentic and ‘transparent’. I agree in signing this petition.
I support indigenous names being allowed on Facebook.
It’s not fair to exclude any names on Facebook. Especially if they prefer that name.
Our names are all beautiful and meaningful. No one has the right to say otherwise.
I support this cause.
A lot of what I do at my job us working with native people who have very long and sometimes unbelievable names. When they go to make a Facebook page or sign up for a credit card, they are presented with people who do not believe that that is their true name. I want to see this changed!
There is no question that I am Čhaŋtémaza and that my English name is Neil McKay. I should be able to choose whichever I prefer on FB. Some people only know me as Čhaŋtémaza which is my Dakhóta name.
I am part Native American, if I wanted to use my Native American name I should have that right.
Any name should do
I am native. I have a real name that should be respected.
Historically speaking, who “gave” us our English names when we already had names in our own language?!
Dear Facebook, Please continue your philosophy & practices of inclusion & acceptance; allow people to use their names.
Native peoples should not be excluded from using our names. Just because our acestors were physically & sexually abused at boarding school for using our languages doesn’t give Facebook the right to keep us from using our names. In a way they are perpetuating the abuse from the last 150 years.
I support indigenous names on Facebook.
FaceBook does not decide what our names ore
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Please show everyone respect.
I support indigenous names on Facebook.
Not respecting indigenous names is racist.