No More Cherokees

[Darts]

Jeep will have to change the brand name. When I was in the 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles), we use to yell "Geronimo" when we left the airplane. (Ok, I was never in the 101st.)

 

[ptp]

Oh please , im tired of this shit .

On a side note Maybe my Grand Cherokee will be worth more

 

[james t kirk]

Fuck me, this is for real!

Cherokee Nation chief: Our name should not be used on Jeep SUVs

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation tells a magazine that having the Cherokee name \

www.freep.com

 

[AndrewX]

Lets not forget the Chev Cheyenne, the Chev Apache, the Ford Thunderbird, the Jeep Comanche, the Mazda Navajo.

 

[shack]

They need to change the name of a NYC neighbourhood...Tribeca is offensive.

 

[james t kirk]

They need to change the name of a NYC neighbourhood...Tribeca is offensive.

I always thought that TRIBECA stood for the "TIAngle BElow CAnal (street)."

 

[Darts]

As a former frequent visitor to NYC I can explain Tribeca. It is "Triangle Below Canal". It is a nice neighborhood in lower Manhattan. Robert (The Taxi Driver) owns a nice restaurant there.

My post crossed with another poster's.

 

[shack]

I always thought that TRIBECA stood for the "TIAngle BElow CAnal (street)."

You are correct.

But for the sake of carrying things to the extreme, in today's culture it may be fair game because it says Tribe.

 

[Darts]

"Tribeca Grill

Tribeca Grill is a New American restaurant located at 375 Greenwich Street (at Franklin Street) in Tribeca, Manhattan, in New York City, co-owned by Robert De Niro and Drew Nieporent. Celebrity investors include Bill Murray, Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Ed Harris, and Lou Diamond Phillips, among others."

If "Tribeca" is offensive we would have heard the uproar from hardcore liberal NYC by now. I think this one gets a pass. Plus, who wants to argue with "The Taxi Driver" LOL?

 

[wigglee]

I would take it as a compliment to have a cool, popular SUV named after me. I guess they prefer to be totally unconnected and unnoticed by the larger society. I bet its' not unamimous though

 

[unassuming]

"Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return
Will return, will return"

 

[Jenesis]

First Nations are some of the fiercest identity fighters in the world. In my opinion anyway. It surprises me this has not been brought up before.

But it looks like this was an requested comment, not something the tribe is fighting for. Which means it is really just click bait on a slow news day.

Hoskin told the Free Press he responded after the magazine reached out to ask about it. He and his staff, he said, do not seek out examples of problematic caricatures and depictions of Native Americans, although there are many, but he will continue to comment on these issues if asked about it.

 

[kherg007]

I'm wondering when the Vikings, Vandals (Uni Idaho), Saxons, and the Fighting Irish are going to grizzle on this.

 

[james t kirk]

First Nations are some of the fiercest identity fighters in the world.

Quite correct and a good way of putting it.

I had a conversation in Montreal one time about 15 years ago about the time some FN people were blocking the Mercier bridge and other bridges on to the Island creating a shit storm for commuters.

In talking to one FN chap, he said exactly what you just said, and then he added something even more interesting. He said, "the problem with you white people is you fight for what you believe in."

That was even more interesting.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Eagle all gone and no more Cariboo.....

 

[I'm Me]

I'm hearing Stellantis (new parent company) are thinking of replacing the name with Christopher.

Jeep Grand Christopher. Similar ring and they can't see any problems arising.

 

[doggyorcg]

I'm hearing Stellantis (new parent company) are thinking of replacing the name with Christopher.

Jeep Grand Christopher. Similar ring and they can't see any problems arising.

Anybody that owns a Jeep never refers to their Jeep as a Cherokee, Wrangler, or Patriot. It is a Jeep. Nuf said.

 

[Tomoreno]

First Nations are some of the fiercest identity fighters in the world. In my opinion anyway. It surprises me this has not been brought up before.

It was brought up more than once. We simply live in different, more sensitive times now, so it was brought up again and this time most companies will go with the narrative and bow to the public.

Here's an articles from 2013:

When Cars Assume Ethnic Identities (Published 2013)

Jeep is reviving the Cherokee nameplate at a time when ethnic, racial and gender labeling has been largely erased from sports teams and products.

www.nytimes.com

 

[colton1]

I'm wondering when the Vikings, Vandals (Uni Idaho), Saxons, and the Fighting Irish are going to grizzle on this.

Never. White people are the dominant race. It's only the minority races or groups that complain.

 

[Jenesis]

It was brought up more than once. We simply live in different, more sensitive times now, so it was brought up again and this time most companies will go with the narrative and bow to the public.

Here's an articles from 2013:

When Cars Assume Ethnic Identities (Published 2013)

Jeep is reviving the Cherokee nameplate at a time when ethnic, racial and gender labeling has been largely erased from sports teams and products.

www.nytimes.com

Except it was not FN Cherokees who were complaining and they didn’t back then either according to your own article.

. “We have encouraged and applauded schools and universities for dropping offensive mascots,” she said, but stopped short of condemning the revived Jeep Cherokee because, “institutionally, the tribe does not have a stance on this.”

They don’t seem to care enough to complain, just comment on it when asked. Like this paper did.

That was my point. Cherokees are not protesting this. Not now, and not then.