The Spunky Squaw Change Your Business Name

This businesses name is derogatory towards the Native American people and their culture. It absolutely needs to be changed and the owner needs to apologize to the Native American people for her lack of understanding or her lack of acceptance when told numerous amounts of times of this derogatory business name.

naivety can = racism. take this opportunity to learn, grow up, apologize.

Shut down this racist company.

close it down

The name of your store contains a derogotory racial slur sq#@w which means native american female sex slave. It is not only offensive but is dangerous to native women who are TEN times more likely to be sextually assaulted. Hear us please. Stand in solidarity with the families of missing and murdered native women. Change the name of your boutique.

Horrible!!!

The name is an insulting slur. Have some decency and respect.

Come on now, REALLY! This is incredibly immature and stupid. You are not being bullied, you are being asked to change the name because it's demoralizing for Indigenous women. You are a woman, stand up for women!

White women do not get to tell woc whether terms are offensive or not. She should not be allowed to trump all these signatures. Disgusting.

Classless bigots like this are a dime a dozen, but are no less sickening or less culpable because of that fact. (This also applies to anyone who would consider doing business with anyone operating under the banner of a racist, sexist slur; anyone complicit in this gleeful degradation of minorities ought to have their feet held to the flames as well.)

I am Dwuamish, Snohomish, Upper Skagit, and Tlingit. As a proud Indigenous person, I find this “boutique” name highly offensive.

Please listen to the community when we speak. You have a large group of people telling and explaining how offensive the name is. You have people lashing out because the name causes rheum so much trauma. I think you need to just think if you want a store name that will cause so much pain. I saw countless people explain to you why it was offensive in a calm way, so I won’t waste my time with that. Instead, please think about why you are feeling like it is more important for you to keep the name than to stop causing trauma.

This is so unbelievably racist

Smh...change the name

Please move towards empathy. Support your fellow women on this continent. Show respect. Change your business name. Miigwech (thank you).

I know the owner sees this as bullying, she needs to be educated as to why the name is not okay. Her customers do too. She does not need to be cursed at and threatened though. Please change your name make a better statement about who you are as a human being.

Words have meaning. It is beyond daft to pretend a hateful racist word has a different meaning just because you want it to. You people are beyond childish and cruel.

Your inability to do basics research before using racially-aimed hate words, both as the name of the boutique as well as an ignorant racist response to people, is ridiculous and sooooooo willfully ignorant. Honestly, your should lose your business if you can't run it worse being a racist.

I am a Native America Woman and have been called a THIS FILTHY WORD numerous times throughout my lifetime and its VERY VERY INSENSITIVE WORD TO INDIGENOUS WOMEN!! CHANGE IT!! AND STOP USING OR INDIGENOUS ART TO GAIN WEALTH INSENSITIVE PILGRIMS!!

This business name Is so offensive and inappropriate. There are many, many other business names that would be more appropriate. As a Métis woman I think it’s insensitive.