"There's another story behind that Land O'Lakes butter box"

[jberryhill]

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/there-s-another-story-behind-that-land-o-lakes-butter-box-v-QWAwVzCUCmHEs3OmHTdA





“My dad’s artwork has been out there for so long, and there's so many people that just don’t even know about his beautiful artwork,” DesJarlait’s daughter Charmaine Branchaud said. “There’s a story behind that man. It’s a part of history. Now, we are making history again with Mia. She’s disappeared, but that doesn’t mean my dad’s artwork is going to disappear. She was just a little bitty part of it. He had a lot of accomplishments in his life.”

DesJarlait’s son, Robert DesJarlait, 73, said he was initially glad that the stereotypical image was finally removed. Then, the power of social media reminded him of another side of the discussion that was overlooked.

On his Facebook page, Robert said many Ojibwe people shared their perspective of Mia while growing up Native. “Basically, it was giving the previous generation a sense of almost empowerment to see a Native woman on a box of butter. It gave them a sense of cultural pride,” he said. “After seeing those posts, I said, ‘that’s right, that’s why my dad created this image to begin with’.”

The design, besides Mia, shows a lake with two points of land that Robert DesJarlait said represented Red Lake and an area on the reservation known as the Narrows, where lower and upper Red Lake meet. Another homage, one that is hard to see on the products, on Mia’s dress are Ojibwe floral design patterns.

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1. I don't know how to put this without somehow

unintentionally offending someone. The Land of Lakes box shows Mia a native American women holding a box of butter. To address complaints that is disrespful to native Americans they removed her from the box. Some could say now it sybolizes how the white man kicked them off their Native lands and shipped them off to a reservation. Someone please tell me how they could have kept her on the box without offending native Americans or someone.
This op basicly says what I was thinking when I commented a couple days ago and get flamed for being a racist sob.

[mopinko]

4. they could have credited the artist and the history.

and sponsored a big museum show of his other work.

[Nictuku]

5. I did too

[Warpy]

6. My state's flag appropriated the sun symbol from Zia Pueblo

and it's rendered in the gold and red of Castille. No one from Zia has ever told me they find it offensive, so I figure it's not.

I imagine there are thin skinned people here and there who have decided to be offended on their behalf.

I've learned to ignore them completely.

[LanternWaste]

8. Does't really seem as such.

"I've learned to ignore them completely."

You consistently and often instruct posters on why they shouldn't take offense at things when you post about people being offended at things.

Seems much less ignoring a thing, and much more that doing as such is simply a little hobby of yours you entertain.

[Kali]

2. you mean life is more complicated (interesting) than we think?

imagine that!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Interesting.

The old logo was also recursive. Mia was holding a butter box that had a picture of Mia holding a butter box, etc.

[Raine]

7. There are shades of gray in most things it's not always just black or white. nt