{"id":1967640,"date":"2023-07-08T18:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-native-american-chief-responds-to-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T18:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T22:28:29","slug":"local-native-american-chief-responds-to-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-native-american-chief-responds-to-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Native American Chief&#8217;s Reaction to Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s &#8216;Stolen Land&#8217; Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flocal-native-american-chief-responds-to-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>You know the old saying: \u201cGreat talkers are little doers.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>On Independence Day, the ice cream company Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s tweeted, \u201cThis 4th of July, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-bad-faith-debate-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Bad Faith Debate Over \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019\">high time<\/a> we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-tweets-wrong-photo-of-black-baseball-player-in-failed-attempt-to-wish-willie-mays-happy-birthday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Tweets Wrong Photo Of Black Baseball Player In Failed Attempt To Wish Willie Mays Happy Birthday\">tweet included<\/a> a link to the Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/2023\/07\/stolen-indigenous-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, which added that we should start with Mount Rushmore. \u201cThe faces on Mount Rushmore are the faces of men who actively worked to destroy Indigenous cultures and ways of life,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-temporarily-bans-ads-for-weapons-accessories-ahead-of-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads for Weapons Accessories Ahead of Inauguration Day\">company wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This 4th of July, it\u2019s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6qp7LXUAE\">pic.twitter.com\/a6qp7LXUAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s (@benandjerrys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-native-american-chief-responds-to-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/\" title=\"Local Native American Chief's Reaction to Ben &#038; Jerry's 'Stolen Land' Post\">webpage urged readers<\/a> to sign a petition to \u201creturn\u201d Mount Rushmore to the Lakota people.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, probably thought up by a bunch of 25-year-olds in the marketing department, was most likely aimed at generating some summer publicity and causing a few more guilt-ridden snowflakes to drown their privilege in a pint of Chunky Monkey.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-ben-jerrys-franchise-owner-slams-companys-israel-boycott-donates-portion-of-profits-to-israeli-charities\/\" title=\"Jewish Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Franchise Owner Slams Company\u2019s Israel Boycott, Donates Portion Of Profits To Israeli Charities\">ice cream maker\u2019<\/a>s scheme, like one of its best-selling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/flavors\/half-baked-ice-cream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flavors<\/a>, was half-baked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s call to &#8220;return&#8221; land hypocritical?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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Jerry\u2019s corporate headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont, are located in the historic territory of the Abenaki tribe.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the chief of the Abenaki in the area wants to find out just how committed the company is to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/07\/ben-jerrys-hq-is-on-native-american-land-vermont-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, said he \u201clooks forward to any kind of correspondence with the brand to see how they can better benefit Indigenous people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevens stated that if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-jerrys-liberal-co-founder-placed-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s<\/a> is \u201csincere,\u201d it should reach out to him.<\/p>\n<p>\nTwitter users also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-jerrys-july-4-tweet-bashes-america-twitter-users-unleash-firestorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted the company<\/a> for the shameless hypocrisy of demanding that Lakota land be \u201creturned\u201d while profiting off overpriced pints of diabetes on \u201cstolen Indigenous land\u201d in Vermont.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So hand over your company and all your assets to indigenous people. Put your money where your mouth is. Happy 4th! <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Antar (@mantarnyc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mantarnyc\/status\/1676466987931783168?\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Give ALL of your property and land back to the Native Americans right now then\u2026 or shut up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1676379120295464965?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok this should be easy then. Shut down and donate all of your land, facilities, and assets to indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Carlson  (@mrnathancarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrnathancarlson\/status\/1676303371337121794?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFollowing the Fourth of July post, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s parent company Unilever might have begun to experience the \u201cgo woke, go broke\u201d effect previously felt by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tale-two-maps-bud-lights-last-hope-absolutely-slaughtered-4th-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bud Light<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-target-gets-even-bad-news-following-satanic-clothing-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Target<\/a>, to name a couple.<\/p>\n<p>Unilever\u2019s market cap decreased by almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-jerrys-parent-company-gets-stock-rocked-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2 billion<\/a> in the days following the controversy and hasn\u2019t recovered yet.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s will reach out and discuss the handover of its land back to its \u201crightful owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That would be a petition worth signing.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/local-native-american-chief-responds-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/\">Local Native American Chief Responds to Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s &#8216;Stolen Land&#8217; Post<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Independence Day, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream company tweeted, acknowledging that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and pledging to return it. 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