![]() ![]() "It's turning into play and it's really not a game, it's something that is very serious," she said.Ī short time after seeing the toy, Vandale complained to the store in an email and received a response that her concerns would be passed along to the appropriate department.Įrin Vandale is a mother of 4, and an instructor for early childhood educators. "The cowboys and the Indigenous peoples together, with a gun and a bow and arrow," said Vandale. "I just thought, what is the kind of play that a child who gets this toy going to do?" she said. She said the scene and time period the characters were meant to represent is a sensitive subject not fit for a toy. "I realize that in America they use different terminology, but in Canada we really don't use that word, and for sure we would never use that word in our home," she said. ![]() Vandale's husband and children are Metis, and she said the term "Indian" upset her, but it was the combination of the Indigenous people and cowboys and how they were portrayed that offended her. 'Racist' Halloween costumes stir debate.'Pocahottie' Halloween costume offends aboriginal woman.First Nation woman calls Air Transat's kids activity package racist."Indigenous peoples in Canada have been discriminated against and colonized for centuries, and this toy is just sort of reinforcing that idea," she said. The Wild West TOOB contains 11 figurines depicting cowboys and Native American 'Indians.' (Safari Ltd website) "It's offensive because of Canada's history," said Vandale, who is an instructor for early educators and a mother of four.
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