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== Blackfoot connection ==

I've moved the following claim to the talk page until it can be better sourced/expanded:

{{Blockquote|text=Maslow's idea may have been informed by his work with [[Blackfeet Nation]] through conversations with elders and inspiration from the shape and meaning of the Blackfoot [[tipi]], although Maslow never conceptualized his work as a pyramid. There has been no evidence that Maslow stole or borrowed ideas from the Blackfeet from his hierarchy of needs despite popular claims that Maslow misrepresented the Blackfoot worldview. The Blackfoot worldview places self-actualization as a basis for community-actualization and community-actualization as a basis for cultural perpetuity, the latter of which exists at the top of the tipi in Blackfoot philosophy.}}

Source is self-help book ''American Awakening: Eight Principles to Restore the Soul of America'', but the actual genesis of this theory comes from a misintepretation of the work of [https://jswve.org/download/2011-1/spr11-blackstock-Emergence-breath-of-life-theory.pdf Dr. Cindy Blackstock]. To give a brief timeline of the confusion: In 1938, Maslow visited the Blackfoot nation - that's all we know. In 2005, [https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societe/stories-histoires/story-histoire-eng.aspx?story_id=91 Ryan Heavy Head] of Red Crow Community College speculates how Maslow may have been influenced by Blackfoot beliefs. He makes some circumstantial connections, and theorizes that Maslow may have been influenced by tipis (probably erroneous as Maslow didn't come up with the pyramid shape), but makes no direct claims. Later, [https://www.snaicc.org.au/through-indigenous-eyes-rethinking-theory-and-practice-keynote-address-2007-cross-t-snaicc-conf-2007-2/ Terry Cross] would use Maslow's pyramid as an example to build the "relational worldview" model of indigineous welfare. He makes no connection between Maslow and Blackfoot philosophy. Dr. Blackstock expands on Cross' work to build a brand new 'Heirarchy of Needs (informed by Blackfoot Nation)'. As far as I know, she makes no claim that this is a historic model or that Maslow directly used these ideas. In fact, she acknowledges that her model is based on Cross, which was based on Maslow.

So in short, there is no reliable source claiming Maslow directly borrowed any of his heirarchy from the Blackfoot tribe, although I do think it's fair to say he may have been influenced. As such, I recommend we strip down everything in this section speculating about tipis and the arrangment of the Blackfoot pyramid (which is a 21st century invention of Dr. Blackstock's BOL theory), and just say "Maslow's work may have been informed by time he spent with the Blackfeet Nation", using Blackstock's paper as the source. Thoughts? [[Special:Contributions/2600:8800:2397:700:15BB:67A:4D84:91B|2600:8800:2397:700:15BB:67A:4D84:91B]] ([[User talk:2600:8800:2397:700:15BB:67A:4D84:91B|talk]]) 07:28, 28 April 2021 (UTC)