This has meant explicitly helping him navigate the code switching of different places and people. For example, in our Quaker community, kids call adults by their first name, it is normal to invite people to share their pronouns, and titles are never used nor a gender assumed. And then there are some white adults for whom we must use the title, and others who will invite him not to. We are working on the nuances while practicing the mainstays of how to be fully who we are and respectful of those we encounter at the same time.
I shared this with my son, but then suggested that we check this assumption. The response was resounding and clear: the hairstyle known to us as the mohawk is a style specific to young, warrior men charged with protecting the tribe. For anyone else to wear it is disrespectful and offensive. That would have been fine and a good modeling of cultural consent. However, as a history teacher, I know there is often more to where things come from and that history can help us understand how we came to the place we are today.
So we did some research. This mostly looked like me finding the history and then telling it to my son in small, accessible chunks. We drew some pictures, looked at some maps, made a timeline, and talked about it over a month. Here is what we learned:. In the first centuries of the European and then white colonization of what we now call the Northeast United States, European and white settlers engaged in violent terrorism against Native Peoples, whose land and resources they sought.
Often, monetary rewards were given to settlers for scalps proving that a Native person had been killed, or at least severely brutalized. Those of the young men brought more money, as they targeted the warrior protectors of the tribes. In response, these young men made their hairstyles more elaborate and more pronounced as a way of drawing off raiding whites from the rest of the tribe.
If your hair is longer than that, lean forward so that it hangs down, and blow dry it that way. If your hair is thin, limp, or doesn't hold styles very well, apply some volumizing mousse first. If you have curly or wavy hair, you can blow dry it straight, flat iron it, or leave it curly. If you choose to flat iron it, do so after it's completely dry. Rub some styling product between your palms. Wax, gel, or pomade are all great options here.
Place a coin-sized amount into your palm, then rub the product between your palms until your skin feels sticky. This will help keep you from applying too much product. Pomade and wax work the best on thick, curly, or dry hair. Gel works best on thin or straight hair.
Press your mohawk between your palms, then pull your hands upwards. Lean forward first, so that your hair hangs down towards the floor. Press the mohawk between your palms, then pull your hands towards the end of your hair. Do this down the length of your mohawk, from forehead to nape. You can use this opportunity to shape your mohawk into a fan or spikes.
If your mohawk extends to your nape, you'll have to lean back in order to get the hair to stick out. Lean forward again and mist your mohawk with hairspray. If all that leaning forward got tiring for you, you can take a break and straighten up for a moment. When you're ready, lean forward again, and mist both sides of your mohawk with hairspray. If you need to do the hair on the back of your head, wait until the hair on top has set, then lean backwards, and style the back.
Blast your mohawk with a hairdryer for about 5 minutes. This is where the magic happens and the key to getting your mohawk nice and rigid. Leaning forward will help, but you can do this while standing upright too. Just trim it regularly and avoid curling irons or any heat-related hair tool. Yes No. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 3. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. You can straighten your mohawk, but be sure to apply a heat protectant first.
Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. If you dye your mohawk, you will need to bleach and dye the roots. You don't need to re-bleach and re-dye your hair. Take good care of your dyed hair to prevent fading. For best results, get your hair trimmed regularly by a professional hair stylist. Related wikiHows How to. How to.
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Follow Us. Sign up for wikiHow's weekly email newsletter Subscribe You're all set! If you don't have a friend to shave the back of your head, hold a small hand mirror and turn your back to the big mirror.
This takes practice, so go slow. Take the guard off the clipper and start shaving the sides and all the areas of your head except your mohawk strip of hair. You should have virtually no hair anywhere except for strip.
Decide the shape and style of your mohawk strip. Are you going with spikes? Or a flat, thin line? Either way, it's time to clean the area. Whenever you decide how high you want your mohawk, use the clippers and guard to shave off excess hair from the top.
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