Land O’Lakes makes over packaging, apparently retiring Indian maiden logo

[goatprairie]

@goatprairie

Well,it really started going downhill for them when they accepted being "Reservation Indians" as an acceptable way of life.

True,many/most of the originals had no other real  options. It was either go to the reservation or get killed,but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have had enough pride left over to start providing for themselves. "Adapt or die" is a choice EVERY group of peoples have faced. Unfortunately,too many Indians have accepted being pets because it's easier to lay on your drunken/drugged ass and whine about the white man than it is to go out into the world and carve out a path for you and your family.

The federal governments efforts in this process has also got to be pointed out. There were people making a career out of baby-sitting the Reservation Indians,and they didn't want to lose their jobs or their retirement benefits,so they made zero efforts to try to teach their wards how to adapt to the modern world and be successful. Easier to sign them up for welfare,food stamps,and drug and alcohol counseling.

I wonder if any of this sounds familiar to the "peepulls stil libb-n id de hood"?

The government has a vested interest in keeping these people ignorant and helpless via lowered expectations,no successful legitimate role models,and the acceptance of that "racism is at the root of all their problems."

The truth is the welfare state and the piss-poor leadership and outright betrayal of their "rev-rund class" are responsible for most of it. When you expect nothing out of people,that is usually what you get.

One thing I know after visiting the southwest many times in the last twenty years, is that you know you're near an Indian settlement when there's tons of litter by the side of the road.
It's disgraceful. Here you are in this beautiful country, and there's mountains of trash on the sides of the road.
I would say, after reading about and seeing enough  things, that Indians who live on the reservation and don't have a casino are condemning  themselves to a life of squalor.
I've got Indian relatives. Some of my uncles married full-blooded Indians. They were/are (a few have died) all pretty normal. But they didn't live on reservations.

[sneakypete]

One thing I know after visiting the southwest many times in the last twenty years, is that you know you're near an Indian settlement when there's tons of litter by the side of the road.
It's disgraceful. Here you are in this beautiful country, and there's mountains of trash on the sides of the road.
I would say, after reading about and seeing enough  things, that Indians who live on the reservation and don't have a casino are condemning  themselves to a life of squalor.
I've got Indian relatives. Some of my uncles married full-blooded Indians. They were/are (a few have died) all pretty normal. But they didn't live on reservations.

@goatprairie

Reservations are the red man's ghetto.

[GtHawk]

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@jmyrlefuller
I knew, just knew someone would have the adolescent males take on the Indian girl and a century of Indian knee love! Now the Indian girl of Land 'O Lakes will become just another story of days gone by told by old farts.

[sneakypete]

@jmyrlefuller
I knew, just knew someone would have the adolescent males take on the Indian girl and a century of Indian knee love! Now the Indian girl of Land 'O Lakes will become just another story of days gone by told by old farts.

@GtHawk

WHAT "Indian Girl"? You mean that white girl wearing a costume?>

[GtHawk]

@GtHawk

WHAT "Indian Girl"? You mean that white girl wearing a costume?>

Hey, it's all in the knees, and no I'm not talking about Warren!

[mountaineer]

Someone asked my friend's husband, who's part Cherokee, in a Facebook post whether he ever considered the butter package offensive, and he said not at all. Just like most Indians have no objection to the Washington Redskins, the Atlanta Braves and the like.

[Gefn]

I actually use their butter, and I buy it because the girl on the box stands out from all the other butter packages which are plain.

Now it’s just another plain box. I wish they had put a nice photo of a lake with birds, deer and other wildlife. That would make the box stand out, and I’d still buy it. Now I guess what ever is on sale.

[Smokin Joe]

I actually use their butter, and I buy it because the girl on the box stands out from all the other butter packages which are plain.

Now it’s just another plain box. I wish they had put a nice photo of a lake with birds, deer and other wildlife. That would make the box stand out, and I’d still buy it. Now I guess what ever is on sale.

GMTA

[jpsb]

I buy it, but only because of the pretty girl on the box. Now it just another butter from a woke company. I don't like "woke" companies.

See ya later Land of Lakes butter.

[Idiot]

I buy it because they make an olive oil spread that is gluten free.

[Hoodat]

I buy it because they make an olive oil spread that is gluten free.

Butter is also gluten free.

[mountaineer]

I buy whatever is on sale and freeze it until I need it.

[Idiot]

Butter is also gluten free.

Ooops… lactose free....lol.  Brain fart...

[goatprairie]

I actually use their butter, and I buy it because the girl on the box stands out from all the other butter packages which are plain.

Now it’s just another plain box. I wish they had put a nice photo of a lake with birds, deer and other wildlife. That would make the box stand out, and I’d still buy it. Now I guess what ever is on sale.

"Now I guess what ever is on sale."

  The wife agrees as well. The former decor was outstanding and many people bought it because of that. I hope their sales tank and their idiot ceo fired. And the Indian decor reinstalled.

[GrouchoTex]

I buy whatever is on sale and freeze it until I need it.

Us too, regardless of brand, as long as it is real butter.
Local(ish) brand I like to support, Falfurrias butter, if it is all the same price.
Not sure if it was discovered by Indian maidens or not....
 

[mortarman]

I can remember when it was illegal to buy margarine in Wisconsin. My parents would drive down to Rockford to buy it by the case an' smuggle it into the state.

 

[sneakypete]

I can remember when it was illegal to buy margarine in Wisconsin. My parents would drive down to Rockford to buy it by the case an' smuggle it into the state.

 

@mortarman

Really?

When was this,and why was margarine illegal? Do you have any idea?

[mountaineer]

[goatprairie]

I can remember when it was illegal to buy margarine in Wisconsin. My parents would drive down to Rockford to buy it by the case an' smuggle it into the state.

 

My mother used get margarine from Iowa from a neighborhood friend who would go down there a get load.
I remember my mother kneading the coloring into the stuff.
I HATED!!! margarine.  It was easy tell the difference in the taste on everything. Even in my mother's usually great baked goods.
Finally, in the mid-sixties my father started making a little more money, and we could eat butter again.
Probably about the time they legalized margarine in Wisconsin.
They've improved the taste, but I still much prefer butter.

[mountaineer]

I remember my mother kneading the coloring into the stuff.

My mother told me that's what they had to do during WWII - fake coloring for the "oleo," because there was no butter.

[goatprairie]

@mortarman

Really?

When was this,and why was margarine illegal? Do you have any idea?

It was banned in Wisconsin because the powers that be who ran the state were pressured by the dairy industry which is still pretty powerful.
Remember Wisconsin is "America's Dairyland." It was common to see dairy ads on tv in those days urging everybody to drink three glasses of milk a day. Which many of us, including me, did. And June is dairy month.
Now, I only have milk with my cereal or the occasional sweet roll for breakfast.
I've gone weeks without drinking milk.
 Now ice cream...that's another matter.

[Chosen Daughter]

One thing I know after visiting the southwest many times in the last twenty years, is that you know you're near an Indian settlement when there's tons of litter by the side of the road.
It's disgraceful. Here you are in this beautiful country, and there's mountains of trash on the sides of the road.
I would say, after reading about and seeing enough  things, that Indians who live on the reservation and don't have a casino are condemning  themselves to a life of squalor.
I've got Indian relatives. Some of my uncles married full-blooded Indians. They were/are (a few have died) all pretty normal. But they didn't live on reservations.

Sure is a shame.  I recently drove into the reservation at the tip of the peninsula Washington state.  Beautiful land, but looks like poverty, and trash.   Shouldn't be with the money they are bringing in from all the casino's. 

[Smokin Joe]

Sure is a shame.  I recently drove into the reservation at the tip of the peninsula Washington state.  Beautiful land, but looks like poverty, and trash.   Shouldn't be with the money they are bringing in from all the casino's.

That doesn't get as evenly distributed as you might think. Some do mo' bettah.

[NavyCanDo]

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Brings back memories. I remember learning to do that in 7th grade.