softwhiteclouds t1_j1a3iuw wrote
Reply to comment by boxer_dogs_dance in Native Hawaiian women and girls experience sex trafficking and violence at alarming rates, report says by SunCloud-777
It comes from a joke.
"OH, you're Indian? Feather (meaning First Nations) or dot?" (meaning South Asian, as in a bindhi forehead mark).
That said, I don't see a problem with the name Feather Alert. The Eagle Feather is almost universally seen as important in nearly every North American First Nations community/culture.
It seems like a very respectful way to denote the importance of addressing missing FN women, especially given the bill was introduced by a FN person.
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