Rosebud Sioux Tribe of S.D. on Heidi & Spencer's "Native American Names"..."ignorant, disrespectful"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Native American Backlash Over Speidi Names

Posted Apr 1st 2010 12:11AM by TMZ Staff

Running Bear and White Wolf aren't exactly being embraced by the community they hoped to join ... in fact, several Native American groups are lashing out at the reality stars over their "ignorant" name changes.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/01/native-american-white-wolf-running-bear-heidi-and-spencer-sioux-tribe-indians-south-dakota-national-indian-education-association-backlash/



After the people formally known as Heidi and Spencer announced their new names, TMZ spoke with a rep from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, who told us, "Continued stereotyping such as this by people ignorant of our traditional ways is very disrespectful and only hurts our efforts to curtail these stereotypes."

The rep claims they're especially upset because "the names they have given themselves are legitimate names in our tribe." And they're not the only ones pissed at the MTV couple ...

[EvolveOrConvolve]

1. Who the hell are Heidi and Spencer?

They don't look familiar.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. "Stars" of the now-cancelled MTV reality show, "The Hills." n/t

[Richardo]

3. Of course they're ignorant and disrespectful: they're douchebags

Look at them.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Better names for them: Running Mouth and White Noise.

[mix]

9. lol

[TheMightyFavog]

5. Paul Wellstone, Bill Hicks, and Ted Kennedy are dead...

And yet these two wastes of sperm still walk the Earth?


Explain that to me! I want a fucking explanation...

[joeybee12]

6. Help me out...what can I call Heidi and Spencer without getting this thread locked?

I mean, i want something nasty that pushes the button...almost.

[KamaAina]

7. Running Bear and White Wolf?

I thought they'd be "Mounds of Plastic" and "Annoys Great Spirit". :eyes:

[DBoon]

11. more like "Annoys Great Spit"

(nt)

[old mark]

8. How about "Bear Shitting In The Woods" and "White Jerk"... seems

OK to me, but I am only a small part ndn and do not have the full knowledge.

mark

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. Those work for me!

:rofl:

:toast:

[Capn Sunshine]

12. what about " Snowblind Douche" and "Whores with Cavalry"

I only know of these assholes from the incessant media coverage in the Tabloids, because I do the grocery shopping. I actually asked a lady in line once who they were and she mentioned the MTV show , which I had also never heard of.

Does MTV ever play music anymore?

[LynneSin]

13. This has to be an april fools joke of some sort

or an Onion article

[Capn Sunshine]

14. God, I hope

that never occurred to me. Lynne has that long view I love so much.

[fishwax]

15. aren't they the pair that Chelsea Handler calls Herpes 1 and Herpes 2?

I don't really know who these two are, other than that they were on The Hills and Chelsea Handler apparently doesn't care for them :)