specifically as it pertains to non-indigenous people taking elements of Indigenous culture for use in their characters, stories, ARPGs, etc... I was thinking about this last night after seeing a character described as being "50% Native American" and how difficult it can be to really approach this type of misunderstanding in a way that honours everyone involved.
of course one never knows whether someone writing this is Indigenous or not, but from my pov we don't really refer to our communities that way unless it's in a specific context. even within my own cultural area, there is a huge amount of diversity. there's no such thing as just "Nativ