2 years ago a petition such as this wouldn't have been necessary!! People are definitely emboldened to show their true colors since the new POTUS took office. It's like we've regressed back to the 60's.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
It would be better for the woman who owns this company to admit the mistake and accept that this is a racial slur rather than continue to insist it means something it does not.
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Kathleen Urdahl
7 years ago
In this day and age...and in a time where reconciliation should be our goal, this is one of the most shameful and divisively cruel business decisions ever seen. Have some respect for yourself and others and please end this shameful act.
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Louella
7 years ago
We have to stop this horrible woman and her racist posse.
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Lucille Kapayou
7 years ago
Not cool at all
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Erin Foley
7 years ago
It does not matter how long the store owner took to decide this name, it is offensive, she knows it is offensive, and this offense is greater than any time she feels she may have wasted. She cannot just choose to believe that it doesn't have a negative connotation. She is being informed that it is offensive and it is not right. She should change her name immediately.
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Shari Welch
7 years ago
Change it. It's racist whether you want to admit it or not.
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Kate Laughlin
7 years ago
Shame on you--change your name.
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Jennifer Porzio
7 years ago
Try and have some class and change your name!
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Malila Hollow
7 years ago
Assiniboine/Yankton Sioux
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Hawana Huwuni Townsley
7 years ago
This Numunu woman says change your name. My grandmother told me that was one of the worst things a woman could be called. She was born very shortly after the surrender of our nation, as a prisoner of war, at Ft. Sill.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
your apology don't mean a thing ,if you really mean it,, change your name of your boutique..secondly ,you wanna sell western wear then i say sell cowboy boots & jeans,theirs no connection with western wear & Natives ... only in the movies ,which don't make it right either ...
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Phillies
7 years ago
It is unfair that this boutique is able to borrow from a culture that is not their own, borrow from a culture that is deeply oppressed, borrow only the “stylish” parts of a culture to commodify. We cannot let ignorance excuse this.
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Megan Two Guns
7 years ago
indigenous solidarity!
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martin smith
7 years ago
in toronto such a name would contravene city by-law
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andrea sanz
7 years ago
please change the name, if it was a mistake, fine, tuck your pride, check your fragility, own up, reduce harm.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Be a decent human and change the name.
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Harleigh
7 years ago
Blatant disrespect for native women and ignorance of a derogatory term/slur used against native women throughout history and today. Not to mention using a cultural reference that is not of their own- for buisness/personal profit and then refusal to acknowledge the culture speaking out against this use of slur in their brand name. Disgusting and sad.
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Crystal Dawn DeCoteau
7 years ago
It's not the name that bothers me its the Native american imagery which I'm tired of seeing. Native American don't look like that, they are more beautiful not a barbie doll image!
2 years ago a petition such as this wouldn't have been necessary!! People are definitely emboldened to show their true colors since the new POTUS took office. It's like we've regressed back to the 60's.
It would be better for the woman who owns this company to admit the mistake and accept that this is a racial slur rather than continue to insist it means something it does not.
In this day and age...and in a time where reconciliation should be our goal, this is one of the most shameful and divisively cruel business decisions ever seen. Have some respect for yourself and others and please end this shameful act.
We have to stop this horrible woman and her racist posse.
Not cool at all
It does not matter how long the store owner took to decide this name, it is offensive, she knows it is offensive, and this offense is greater than any time she feels she may have wasted. She cannot just choose to believe that it doesn't have a negative connotation. She is being informed that it is offensive and it is not right. She should change her name immediately.
Change it. It's racist whether you want to admit it or not.
Shame on you--change your name.
Try and have some class and change your name!
Assiniboine/Yankton Sioux
This Numunu woman says change your name. My grandmother told me that was one of the worst things a woman could be called. She was born very shortly after the surrender of our nation, as a prisoner of war, at Ft. Sill.
your apology don't mean a thing ,if you really mean it,, change your name of your boutique..secondly ,you wanna sell western wear then i say sell cowboy boots & jeans,theirs no connection with western wear & Natives ... only in the movies ,which don't make it right either ...
It is unfair that this boutique is able to borrow from a culture that is not their own, borrow from a culture that is deeply oppressed, borrow only the “stylish” parts of a culture to commodify. We cannot let ignorance excuse this.
indigenous solidarity!
in toronto such a name would contravene city by-law
please change the name, if it was a mistake, fine, tuck your pride, check your fragility, own up, reduce harm.
Be a decent human and change the name.
Blatant disrespect for native women and ignorance of a derogatory term/slur used against native women throughout history and today. Not to mention using a cultural reference that is not of their own- for buisness/personal profit and then refusal to acknowledge the culture speaking out against this use of slur in their brand name. Disgusting and sad.
It's not the name that bothers me its the Native american imagery which I'm tired of seeing. Native American don't look like that, they are more beautiful not a barbie doll image!
Horrible!