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Stop the Revival of Iroquois Beer

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Amanda Casali
8 years ago

Amanda Casali, Mohawk Nation

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T Edwards
8 years ago

REAL SICKENING!

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Holly John
8 years ago

Seneca Nation

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Amber Hill-Donhauser
8 years ago

Cayuga

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Alfred Ruggiero
8 years ago

An insult to the Native community, and to all of upstart New York.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Seneca, of the Iriquois nation. This is disrespectful to everything my people died for.

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Sandra Bigtree
8 years ago

Alcohol was used throughout American history to keep us intoxicated while genocide was perpetrated on our people. Handsome Lake approached President Thomas Jefferson and complained that traders needed to exchange something other than alcohol for their coveted beaver pelts. We all need to heal from such a violently sordid past, and this product will only perpetuate more hatred in an already sickened world.

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Parker Pascua
8 years ago

seriously, it's 2018, people. you're better than associating my peoples' name with a beer. it should stay in the past.

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Josh Cerretti
8 years ago

As someone who was educated on Haudenosaunee territory and had many generous, brilliant Haudenosaunee teachers, I am appalled that Community Beer Works would make such a careless decision. No doubt, the original Iroquois beer was a celebration of the forced removal of Seneca people from Buffalo Creek in order to make way for the grain elevators that led to Buffalo's boom. This is shameful history that must be remembered, but never celebrated. Ditch this tacky and insulting brand now!

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Randy Gabriel
8 years ago

Races bastards

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Tim Whitehawk
8 years ago

O:non:dowa'ga (Seneca) we don't need this association of alcohol with my people, the Haudenosaunee, or as is commonly known the 'Iroquois'

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Tim Whitehawk
8 years ago

O:non:dowa'ga (Seneca) we don't need this association of alcohol with my people, the Haudenosaunee, or as is commonly known the 'Iroquois'

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Will pratt
8 years ago

Just wrong.

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Theresa McCarthy
8 years ago

Onondaga Nation, Beaver Clan. The use of Native images, iconography, and references for white/non-native corporate branding and marketing is clearly racist. No other population in the US is subject to this level of disrespect. You can expect our resistance to this exploitation and erasure to be relentless. In case you didn't notice, it's the twenty first century. This must stop.

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Maria Maybee
8 years ago

Please use another name. Its just wrong.

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Jim Wikel
8 years ago

We are Ogwehoweh, not a brand name.

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Jason Corwin
8 years ago

Seneca Nation citizen. This isn't cool even if you're taking away the mascot type imagery.

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Jason Corwin
8 years ago

Seneca Nation citizen. This isn't cool even if you're taking away the mascot type imagery.

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Cynthia Conides
8 years ago

Really? You should know better.

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Laticia McNaughton
8 years ago

Laticia McNaughton, Mohawk Nation