While that story sounds nice, and is on their website, it doesn't really make sense to me. They say Chief Lame Deer came to work with Savage in 1919. I had a Savage 1907 pistol, made in 1911 IIRC, with the same logo.
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While that story sounds nice, and is on their website, it doesn't really make sense to me. They say Chief Lame Deer came to work with Savage in 1919. I had a Savage 1907 pistol, made in 1911 IIRC, with the same logo.
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I have 3-4 of these hats, thinking I may be rich in a 100 years.
In 100 years you will be charged with a hate crime for displaying one in public.
Yeah, they started using the Indian logo before Chief Lame Deer.
I have a whole collection of early Savage pistol ads on one of my websites:
http://vintagepistols.com/1907/ad25.html?adid=25
There's also an early color version of their logo (that I "restored") at the top of the page.
"First Nations Motorcycles, Ltd.", since Polaris is Canadian. However to be fair, calling someone a savage is a lot more offensive than calling someone an Indian. Yes I know the history of the Savage brand/logo.
Oh so they want to turn their products into junk then?
Nope. Savage is owned by Vista Outdoor, which was spun off by Alliant TechSystems. And if Vista thinks they'll make more money by ditching the old graphics, boom.
Honestly, that logo was always the turn off for me. It was so very big on the stock. And red. Do we have a particular article yet confirming it was because of PC or is this just conveniently tweaking things to fit a narrative here?
Update:
My order came in today, I got one of each different hat style featuring the Chief Lame Deer logo, a keychain with a metal indian head logo medallion and a few of the discontinued indian head decals.
When the supply is gone they likely won't have them anymore.
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And Roach Brothers renames their "Redskin Potato Salad" to "Red Potato Salad".
Seriously.
Seriously.
Funny how the PC crowd had been pressuring the Washington Redskins for years to change their name and logo, but I haven't heard squat about them doing the same to the KC Chiefs, Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Indians.
If any of the team logos are perceived as being insulting to native Americans, the worst offender has to be Clevelands Chief Wahoo:
Here are some alternatives:
I'm 100% sure it was funny and intentional, since that's the owners name and given the time period of its founding. But that doesn't mean that 100 years later people can't just get over the fact that its not still 100 years ago and people just need to move the **** on.
There is no reason to alter 100 years of brand recognition. It's a stupid move.
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you know those were just stickers right?
I grabbed a hat, too. Honestly, IDC what they do in the name of political correctness or whatever....I like their products a lot.
Funny how the PC crowd had been pressuring the Washington Redskins for years to change their name and logo, but I haven't heard squat about them doing the same to the KC Chiefs, Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Indians.
If any of the team logos are perceived as being insulting to native Americans, the worst offender has to be Clevelands Chief Wahoo:
Here are some alternatives:
That has been an issue for a while with the Indians.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11574381/cleveland-indians-say-goodbye-chief-wahoo
I just placed an order. They are $9 per piece. Collectors item!
I think you may be right. This probably has more to do with "tacticool" than PC. Savage has traditionally made pretty conservative hunting rifles. They probably just want to appeal to the current fad of modern black "combat" rifles, which is a growing and lucrative market. The old logo was just really old feeling.
Those stickers on the stock come off pretty easily. Unless you are one of those types who like to leave stickers on everything because reasons, like the yoots do with their ball caps.
Oh stop it, it's not like you can't go to a Seven Elven and see one.
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Defense giant ATK bought them back in 2013 probably a result of that
Not Chief Lame Deer!
http://www.savagearms.com/history/
The Native Americans should view this as an insult instead of a PC victory because the logo was gifted to them by their chief:
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Your link is broken.
Sorry, that link is nearly three years old too.
The new PC overlords erased it because it contained information about the companies history and relationship with Chief Lame Deer. Just as they have done with the logo of his likeness, it has been deleted.
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Funny how the PC crowd had been pressuring the Washington Redskins for years to change their name and logo, but I haven't heard squat about them doing the same to the KC Chiefs, Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Indians.
If any of the team logos are perceived as being insulting to native Americans, the worst offender has to be Clevelands Chief Wahoo:
Here are some alternatives:
I guess I should be offended as well.
And Chief Wahoo is now gone. No more on the outfits. After this (next?) year, you can't get the gear. I grabbed me a shirt last Summer.
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