Head shop name offends some First Nations (fwd link)

[Richard Zane Smith]

ahh! don't we understand? we're so slow!...the owners of the store where
"honoring" Anishanaabe!

I wonder what that sign would look like shot full of arrows?
it could be a way "to honor"  the store owners

Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte Oklahoma



On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Head shop name offends some First Nations
>
> CBC News Posted: Jul 26, 2011 10:22 AM CT
> Canada
>
> A head shop in Winnipeg's West End is offending some people with its
> aboriginal name, Miigwetch.
>
> In the Anishnaabe language, Miigwetch is the word for thank you.
>
> The shop sells drug paraphernalia, such as glass pipes, and some
> aboriginal people are far from thankful to be associated with those
> items.
>
> "Our language is sacred to us. I don't want our language to be a part
> of any drug culture," said Robert Sinclair, who was with his
> 11-year-old daughter when she spotted the shop's sign on Notre Dame
> Avenue.
>
> Access full article below:
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/07/26/mb-head-shop-miigwetch-winnipeg.html
>



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