Right. I wasn’t planning on having her be evil, though. Also, do they really have antlers? I’m not sure what the true image is.
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If you want to do this you’ll have to look at the folklore, culture and stuff. Be accurate, don’t make your character half or part w-ndigo. Something I try to do with every mythological culture or religion I take from is to follow the folklore exactly because you could harm people with misrep
Nono, it’s ok!! I didn’t know either until I talked to my friends who were still practicing the religion. This will definitely be handful if anyone tries to portray them in the RP but I think with proper care and caution it can be done (although it may be best for the unprepared or unready to stay away) just above all 
please research
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Yeah, I knew I’d have to be careful because of it being a different culture, but I had no clue people were seriously terrified of this thing, so much that they wouldn’t even say it’s name.
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She also said this for people who want to portray W-ndigos!!
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The key is showing a balanced perspective.
Every folklore, belief system, and religion has good and evil forces. The problems happen when you start to pull too heavily from the good or evil sides of any one folklore belief set.
For example, your kappa— do you have any positive Shinto forces in there? Or are you just pulling the monsters? If you’re just pulling from the monsters, especially if you’re pulling mostly marginalized belief system monsters, that’s where it gets very, very troublesome.
This might mean your core cast has to shrink down to account for a balanced perspective , and a few chaotic forces, and/or you’ll have to be careful with side characters to mention them (like, a line of dialogue about how a negative force is a threat and a positive force from the same belief system is handling it), but this is your basic formula for using folklore.
You’ll also have to be careful not to discredit certain beliefs that might make people uncomfortable (it has been expressed a few times that adding Judaism and Islam to all-myths-are-true gets touchy), so that sort of research will be required.
Bonus points that you learn more about each individual set of beliefs and end up more likely to stray away from pop culture sensationalist lists that focus on the weird Other Folklore. By spreading your focus to the less written about but just as important good characters, you create the sense of something whole.
I would also suggest considering looking at how each folklore treats good and evil. Western views tend to treat it as end points— evil is defeated [end], evil wins [end]— while other belief systems are more likely to acknowledge that good and evil will always coexist and the key is keeping them in balance.
As for the W–ndigo:
It isn’t completely off limits. What that post is referencing is making sure to use the W-ndigo in its original context . This means having it be a villain/ force of pure evil, and having some good Native beliefs to balance it out.
For example: if the W-ndigo (or any other marginalized demon) is defeated by a Christian witch, that would have colonialist overtones by showing the “savage marginalized beast” be subdued by “good Christian people.” Even if you had a non-Christian European belief, that turns to “civilized Europeans.” There’s a lot of racism in this option.
Meanwhile, if you had the W-ndigo defeated by Wisakedjak (or the equivilent heroic figure in a marginalized belief system), then the W-ndigo is being defeated by an equal, showing a balanced representation of the beliefs. You end up showing internal processes for handling our own demons, showing our cultures more thoroughly.
Tl;dr : so long as you show good and bad parts of the folklore, and don’t make blends that end up stepping on toes/are colonialist in the form of Europe Being Better, you’re worlds ahead and with proper research can flesh it out.
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Thank you so much for educating me on this, Ani 
I understand. Maybe we can look into other options? You could still have a native american character, though! If you don’t feel prepared, or don’t want to do it anymore.
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yeah it’s like a serious evil creature
Your welcome I’m sorry if I’ve turned people away from writing this but we really should be careful about what we write and try to respectful to the cultures and religions we integrate into our RPs
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Nooo I appreciate it SO MUCH!!! I did not mean to come off in an insensitive way. You and your friend have taught me so much!
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Maybe aside from blurring, you can put a small trigger warning too 
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Good idea.
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Yayyy I’m glad, but idek the person who I quoted my indigenous friends pointed me into this blog actually so it’s very good blog for writers too
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ohhh okay! well thank you so much to you, your friends, and the blog!! I will check that out as well
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Isn’t it like the embodiment of famine and death? I can see why people would fear it. I honestly have no clue how I’m going to portray a man eating monster in a high school. You said she can’t be part Wi*digo, so so that’s just not going to work.
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Oohh, let me look!
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hmm… maybe a different parent?
we do have some monsters at the school, though, so it’s possible
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Let’s look for different parents, but I’ll keep that as a last resort.
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yes, good idea!
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At least I still have the daughter of Alfred and Jenny.
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trueeee
love her
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There needs to be either a reason for her to take off her choker, or someone bothers her internet taking it off.
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Time for a new rp guide.
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