You can't sweep this controversy under the rug.
"I said, 'Hey, we want to set up a meeting with them and the [Denver] Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships and just talk about this,'" Smith says."And [Matt Vagts] called me back and was very confrontational."
Payment then drafted a letter for the Denver American Indian Commission, which was mailed to John Vagts on June 10. "When I see this image of this little so-called Indian boy, I'm like, 'That’s not even what we really look like. We don’t dress like that. It’s just these images that are given to us,'" Payment says."It’s salt in the wound.""It’s culturally insensitive, and I hope that the owners will be respectful to the culture of the Mohawk people and remove it," says Black."They sent that very thoughtful letter.
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has not yet sent an official response. However, it has a standard policy for situations such as this.
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