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Urban Outfitters is Obsessed with Navajos
by Guest Contributor Adrienne Keene, originally published at Native Appropriations “Navajo Nations Crew Pullover“ A search for “Cherokee” on the Urban Outfitters website reveals 1 result. A search for...
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An Open Letter to Urban Outfitters on Columbus Day
by Guest Contributor Sasha Houston Brown Dear Glen T. Senk, CEO Urban Outfitters Inc. This past weekend, I had the unfortunate experience of visiting a local Urban Outfitters store in Minneapolis. It...
View ArticleGet Fierce With ‘Genocide Chic’
By Arturo R. García Not long after Adrienne Keene’s column last week, comedian Daniella Pineda sent us this spot-on mock advert subverting “Urban Infitters” and the like. The video’s only 1:37 long,...
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What’s Not In A Name?: Urban Outfitters Quietly Changes Course on ‘Navajo’ Items
By Arturo R. García In the midst of her excellent takedown of Urban Outfitters’ “Navajo” appparel line, Sasha Houston Brown focused on one suspiciously-named piece of underwear: I doubt that you...
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Excerpt: Collectors Weekly on Pendleton clothing’s business practices
“The time when Pendleton came into existence, the 1900s, was the all-time low for native communities,” Metcalfe says. “This is at the height of the reservation era, when we were confined, we were...
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Nothing Says Native American Heritage Month Like White Girls In Headdresses
By Guest Contributor Sasha Houston Brown Gwen Stefani in No Doubt’s “Looking Hot” video. Via theinsider.com There is something insidiously ironic about being American Indian during the fall of the 21st...
View Article#WeAreAllNatives Parody Ad Skewers Cultural Appropriation
Comedy troupe Stupid Time Machine just released a great parody ad in time for Thanksgiving. In their words: A Thanksgiving ad for Urban Outfiter’s new We Are All Natives collection – “Indian wear for...
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