The Case of the Chilkat Thief

Oh no.

What is Dalia Royce wearing on the latest episode of Suburgatory?

It is definitely a knock-off of a Chilkat blanket.

Now, we just need to figure out, who's the thief that stole this design from Northwest Coast artists? Native American art and culture do not exist in PUBLIC DOMAIN. Stop stealing.

Misappropriation and the Case of the Yellow Crotch

So the other weekend I was in Los Angeles for the Beyond Buckskin Lookbook photoshoot. In the midst of the shoot, I was talking with Nicholas Galanin about possible Lookbook ideas that Bethany Yellowtail had proposed (she was the photoshoot organizer and stylist).

We pulled up Google Images and searched the term 'Lookbook.' We scrolled down, and down, and then our attention was drawn to one questionable image (left).

“WHAT IS THAT. Click it!”

What came up on the screen was, well, look at it.