This is ignorant, hateful and incredibly racist. Change.
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Brooke
7 years ago
You wouldn't use other racial slurs in your business name, so why is it acceptable to use a racial slur toward indigenous people? I am sure you have a wealth of creativity upon which to draw a delightful replacement name.
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Nicole
7 years ago
The owner of this boutique needs to educate herself and not by looking on urban dictionary.
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raewyn
7 years ago
Squaw referred to the genitalia of women that bounty hunters cut off, more valuable than scalps as women could reproduce and were the heart of their community.
I found this record of this mutilation .....Chivington and his men dressed their weapons, hats and gear with scalps and other body parts, including human fetuses and male and female genitalia. They also publicly displayed these battle trophies in Denver's Apollo Theater and area saloons.
This might all seem in the past but current figures show over 5000 indigenous tribal women disappear annually in the US and Canada, many found raped and murdered. http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/329indian_wars.htm
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Trena
7 years ago
Never mind change name they should just get shut right down...
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Heather Cullen
7 years ago
This is an offensive term we are fighting to eliminate. Thousands of Missing and Murdered women have been called this slur prior to violent assault. It is tone deaf to ignore the history behind a racial slur.
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Ekatrina S
7 years ago
Please change the name! “Spunky Squaw” is cultural appropriation at its worst. Also, it is super offensive to use headdresses as a costume /prop, particularly when the mode is wearing a shirt that says “powered by whiskey”. As a Native American, I find that image and others used by “Spunky Squaw” profoundly offensive. Please— Choose something from your own culture to represent your business instead of debasing Native Americans!
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Rana Schmidt
7 years ago
This is absolutely ridiculous to a term like this as a store name. This would never happen if she had used the n word.
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Kris Mancuso
7 years ago
Disgusting! Change the name!
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Herb martin
7 years ago
Change the name!
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Kirsten
7 years ago
As a white settler North American, I am embarasses by this company and it’s owners who clearly have a very narrow education and worldview. I sincerely hope they consider a more reconciliatory approach ASAP. Wisen up white people!
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Well done if you wanted to go for maximum offense. Ok, maybe you were clueless, but you seemed to have doubled down instead of learning something.
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Maylena Oheltoint
7 years ago
Repping the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma!
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Susie Foot
7 years ago
Your ignorance, lack of knowledge, and stubborn refusal to change are all sad.
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Felicia Frost
7 years ago
Disgraceful
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Stephanie Dean
7 years ago
Do the right thing, and change the name
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Tina Norman
7 years ago
Enough of the racist name Change it or shut down.
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Crystal
7 years ago
find it offensive and racist. please change the name
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Please change the name of your store. It is an affront to Native women.
Change it!
This is ignorant, hateful and incredibly racist. Change.
You wouldn't use other racial slurs in your business name, so why is it acceptable to use a racial slur toward indigenous people? I am sure you have a wealth of creativity upon which to draw a delightful replacement name.
The owner of this boutique needs to educate herself and not by looking on urban dictionary.
Squaw referred to the genitalia of women that bounty hunters cut off, more valuable than scalps as women could reproduce and were the heart of their community. I found this record of this mutilation .....Chivington and his men dressed their weapons, hats and gear with scalps and other body parts, including human fetuses and male and female genitalia. They also publicly displayed these battle trophies in Denver's Apollo Theater and area saloons. This might all seem in the past but current figures show over 5000 indigenous tribal women disappear annually in the US and Canada, many found raped and murdered. http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/329indian_wars.htm
Never mind change name they should just get shut right down...
This is an offensive term we are fighting to eliminate. Thousands of Missing and Murdered women have been called this slur prior to violent assault. It is tone deaf to ignore the history behind a racial slur.
Please change the name! “Spunky Squaw” is cultural appropriation at its worst. Also, it is super offensive to use headdresses as a costume /prop, particularly when the mode is wearing a shirt that says “powered by whiskey”. As a Native American, I find that image and others used by “Spunky Squaw” profoundly offensive. Please— Choose something from your own culture to represent your business instead of debasing Native Americans!
This is absolutely ridiculous to a term like this as a store name. This would never happen if she had used the n word.
Disgusting! Change the name!
Change the name!
As a white settler North American, I am embarasses by this company and it’s owners who clearly have a very narrow education and worldview. I sincerely hope they consider a more reconciliatory approach ASAP. Wisen up white people!
Well done if you wanted to go for maximum offense. Ok, maybe you were clueless, but you seemed to have doubled down instead of learning something.
Repping the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma!
Your ignorance, lack of knowledge, and stubborn refusal to change are all sad.
Disgraceful
Do the right thing, and change the name
Enough of the racist name Change it or shut down.
find it offensive and racist. please change the name
Please change the name of your store. It is an affront to Native women.