Why are American Indigenous myths considered more taboo than other cultural mythological creatures? : SeriousConversation

Indigenous arts and culture being strip mined by outsiders for profit has people sensitive and suspicious of outsiders using native folklore and motifs, especially when said outsiders have often (purposefully or not) misunderstood the stories or folklore resulting in cultural misrepresentation. And when you're a small group that misrepresentation may be all everyone ever learns about you, so congrats that's the popular image of you/your tribe/your folklore now. The resulting attitude is often of either wanting to be very involved in the creative process if native lore is being used, or just wanting to be left the frick alone.

Also because sometimes myths are actually part of active belief systems, and people always get extra touchy about belief systems being misrepresented or profited from. Which is understandable, especially if you're a small group and your religion has a recent history of being surpressed