Sassy Indian Squaw: Imagine, Create, Transform?

It's the "Sassy Indian Squaw" Halloween costume and shock of shocks, it is going around the internet as a symbol of offense to all sorts of people. A few ironies lurk in the background, particularly in BC.
1. Halloween Mart's website boasts Imagine, Create and Transform as their motto. It's hard to see how this costume accomplishes any of that.
2. For the second time this year, a local First Nation has voted to ratify a treaty with the Crown. Regardless of where you stand on the content/process of these treaties this year, the Maa-Nulth have voted to imagine, create and transform.
At least some are able to move past the past. Too bad we all can't.
You can contact Halloween Mart here to let them know what you think of their sexy Indian squaw and her matching anklet.
Labels: Activism, British Columbia, Colonialism, Culture, First Nations, Gender Issues, Identity, Morality, Racism, Society
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