would like to know others thoughts...

[Klingon]

I mentioned I have a friend Chena who is mixed Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne, and she has this idea for something she wants to do. I obviously can't tell her what to do but I wonder if it's smart of her, she wants to take the flags of both the Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota nations and have them made into tattoo's around her upper arms like arm bands, I'm not completely against it but I wonder if it's smart for her to do such a thing or if people might misunderstand her intentions.  she means it to show her pride and love of her people and I can respect that, I'm not so sure the Northern Cheyenne flag will be as big a problem as the Oglala Lakota might be. I was wondering what you all think of it. she's asked my opinion but I haven't answered her yet the following are the flags she wants as "arm band tattoo's"  (#1 Northern Cheyenne flag)  #2 Oglala Lakota flag the Oglala Lakota flag is the one I find might be problematic. the red coloring in particular she wants it on the left arm with the Northern Cheyenne on the right arm... thing is if the white markings are not showing on the Oglala Lakota flag but the red is someone might mistake it for something bad which I will not put up here...  but I think you can understand what I'm getting at... am I wrong? am I over thinking it or over reacting in thinking it's not a good idea maybe?

[SleepingPhlox]

What someone else does with their body isn't really your call, man.  Whether you think it's smart or not is irrelevant. 

[Chanel_no5]

8 minutes ago, SleepingPhlox said:

What someone else does with their body isn't really your call, man.  Whether you think it's smart or not is irrelevant. 

This.

[Rhomberg Rabbit]

You're overthinking this

[Klingon]

I know she asked for my opinion as I said I also said I can't make her do anything one way or the other. I was only wondering if I was over thinking and overly worried about it. in the end I didn't tell her of my concerns yet... I was thinking instead of making arm bands out of the new tattoo's  she should have them made more to look like actual flags. ( which they are ) at least the Lakota one it actually says Oglala Lakota on it. in any event I know she's gonna do what she's gonna do.

  

[Klingon]

update on this: Chena decided on her own not to do this instead she chose to and wears an Oglala Lakota flag t-shirt and a Northern Cheyenne flag mask. a native woman she was talking too the other day, asked her why she doesn't have her hair long as that's traditional, she told them that with her job it's not possible because of safety issues. she works as a mechanic and they can't wear chain jewelry or loose shirts or long hair or it could caught in the machines and stuff. I'm glad to see though that Chena is proud of her heritage I wish I could claim such a strong and powerful ancestry. she is talking about getting a tribal type tattoo around her wrists and that doesn't bother me the issue I had with the arm bands was about how it might be perceived by others. some Native Americans are... real touchy about stuff like that. and even though she's one of their own it doesn't mean someone could not be angry and try to start stuff with her over it. that was my concern not about the flag tattoos designs themselves. I just don't want my friends in any trouble or bad situations is all.