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The Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using the tribe s name, which the brand has used since 1975.
Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. says he anticipates further discussions over a potential rebranding.
Hoskin told Insider, Our names were carefully selected by our ancestors before written history.
The Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using the tribe s name that s graced some models since 1975. I think people need to understand that as proud as a corporation might be of a name they selected decades ago, people should think about how proud the Cherokee people are to still be a people after all we have been through, and that is far more valuable than whatever marketing research might show the cherokee name has been to Jeep and its parent companies over the decades, Chief Principal of the Cherokee Nation, Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in an interview with Insider.
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Earlier this week, Car and Driver spoke with the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chuck Hoskin, Jr., about the names of the Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs. While the Cherokee Nation has long been opposed to cultural appropriation and naming concerns (note the Cherokee Nation spokesperson’s comments at the Cherokee’s 2013 reintroduction), the statement provided to Car
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