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Call it Harry Potter & the Goblet of Grievance. J.K. Rowling has run afoul of the Indian indignation industry. According to Huffington Post, the author is in heap-big trouble for not being sufficiently sensitive to the diversity within the “Native American wizarding community.”
So what is a skinwalker? What little is known by people outside Native American reservations is enough to make your skin crawl.
Hollywood Reporter: Victoria's Secret has pulled footage of a model wearing a Native American headdress from the [2012] broadcast of its annual fashion show after several groups complained. In the fashion show, which took place Nov. 7 and will air Dec. 4 on CBS, Karlie Kloss modeled a leopard-print lingerie set while wearing the headdress, also known as a war bonnet, along with turquoise jewelry and fringe-adorned heels. On her blog Native Appropriations, which covers the way indigenous cultures are portrayed in pop culture, blogger Adrienne K. wrote that Victoria's Secret was guilt...