Since 1929 the woman was on the box, she will be replaced with photos of the farmers in the co-op.
The Grand Forks Tribune noted that many Native people, including North Dakota state Rep. Ruth Buffalo (D), have called the woman’s image racist. Buffalo told the paper the image goes “hand-in-hand with human and sex trafficking of our women and girls.… by depicting Native women as sex objects.”
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/land-o-lakes-dumps-native-america-mascot-235156343.html
The Grand Forks Tribune noted that many Native people, including North Dakota state Rep. Ruth Buffalo (D), have called the woman’s image racist. Buffalo told the paper the image goes “hand-in-hand with human and sex trafficking of our women and girls.… by depicting Native women as sex objects.”
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/land-o-lakes-dumps-native-america-mascot-235156343.html
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