don't you dare put corn in gumbo, ever.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/creole-gumbo/detail.aspx
creole seasoning is tony chachere's, you can find it in most grocery stores in the usa now (wasn't like this a few years ago).
This might be the most white-bread Martha Stewart thing I have ever seen ( http://www.costco.com/Kidkraft-Children%27s-Teepee-.product.100130600.html ) it doesn't really look like a tepee and other than the general shape and the name. I think your co-worker may just be a SJW if he can't explain it further than "That's someone's culture".
Yes, and it's been explained as if one was five years old over and over and over...
This is probably the most accurate, in my opinion.