Talk:War bonnet

message: When this article is revised and "wikified", it might be good to mention that the term war bonnet is not a translation of any Native American term, seems to have been carelessly coined, and is somewhat misleading. The so-called war bonnet is obviously not meant to be worn in combat, but on strictly ceremonial and formal occasions (as the article makes clear). Indeed, it might more appropriately be called a peace bonnet!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.93.29.149 (talk) 03:43, August 26, 2007 (UTC) 
Cited sources talk about the war bonnet being worn for its protective ability as well as spiritual powers. Sources also say that feathers were found/collected from captured birds, in effect "farmed." This as well as the implications that anyone who found a nest could acquire feathers draws into doubt the last three paragraphs of the article. Anyone have any info on this? This also seems a bit overly broad and groups all traditions into one generalized culture. BothHandsOnTheWheel (talk) 07:48, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Frankly, the name is a disgusting example of the proud tradition of white washing history, "bonnet" is a british word, and frankly this needs to be renamed, why not just call it what everyone already calls it; a headdress? Bumblebritches57 (talk) 11:44, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  What are you, some kind of SJW? It's not "White Washing", because that isn't an issue. We call it a War Bonnet because there is literally no reason to rename it to a headdress, because a headdresses are more complex and generally a "War Bonnet" falls into the category of a headdress. There is also more than just a War Bonnet when it comes to feather headdresses, refer to this  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:46:1A1F:4C01:F421:2DD7:A615:6F26 (talk) 20:04, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: The name "war bonnet"

message: The past few days there's been a lot of disruptive editing involving the removal of the cultural appropriation section.  how about instead of edit warring we talk about why exactly it contains unreliable sources and pov? And please try to not edit logged out. Sro23 (talk) 06:45, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The IP's you were edit warring with were not mines.      But I support their right to edit. I don't necessarily have a preference for the content of the article. I LOVE YOU JACOB SARTORIUS XOXOXO (talk) 06:57, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural Appropriation  

message: What about other native peoples using the bonnet when they were not traditional users? 2001:56A:F414:D300:AC7A:D359:BEF4:EEA1 (talk) 03:06, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:NOTFORUM. Sro23 (talk) 14:26, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Other Tribes

message: I was just reading this article, and saw it listed a number of other non-indigenous notables who have been given headdresses. If there’s an editor here who could add this reference in, that’d be great. Thank you for your wiki work! (I am on an ipad - not easy to edit articles): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-chief-littlechilds-headdress-gift-to-pope-francis-carries-heavy/  DrMel (talk) 15:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  News re Pope Francis with headdress