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May 28, 2007
Grievance-Seeking Indians Mad at Martha Stewart
Posted by Dave Blount at May 28, 2007 10:05 AM
Martha Stewart is so fond of her home in Katonah, New York that she has named a line of furniture after the Westchester hamlet. Inspired by her 1925 farmhouse and stable, the Katonah Collection is available at Macy's. The problem is, Katonah is named after a 17th-century Indian, Chief Katonah, who migrated into the area from New Jersey and is said to be buried somewhere in the town. Modern day Indians consider this excuse enough to be noisily aggrieved.
Whines Steven Burton, member of the Deer Clan Council of the Ramapough Lenape Nation:
Martha Stewart is only using the name to make money. I just don't think he (Katonah) should be exploited that way.
No one alleges that Stewart means any disrespect. But if Indians waited for someone to show them disrespect, they would never have a chance to be indignant. Some are so desperate for something to be offended about that they will even make a fuss when they are honored by having sports teams named after them.
One day all references to anything Indian will be banned in the interests of political correctness, and Indians will vanish from American culture. When they file lawsuits complaining that no sports teams or furniture lines are named after them, people will shrug and ask, "Indians? What are Indians?"
On a tip from Wiggins.
