From The New York Daily News…
Native American groups lash out at Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag for being ‘ignorant’ of their culture
BY Cristina Everett
Daily News Staff Writer
The indestructible force known as Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have created yet another controversy with their latest stunt.
Several Native American groups are lashing out at the fame-loving couple after they announced they were changing their names in an effort to become “more in-tune with our spirituality.”
Taking on “true native-American names” that their “creator” gave them, Pratt and Montag dubbed themselves White Wolf and Running Bear, respectively.
The reality stars have since been called “ignorant” by their self-appointed culture, TMZ.com reports.
A rep from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota responded to the couple’s new stunt, saying, “Continued stereotyping such as this by people ignorant of our traditional ways is very disrespectful and only hurts our efforts to curtail these stereotypes.”
The tribe is said to be even more upset because “the names they have given themselves are legitimate names in our tribe.”
A spokesperson for the National Indian Education Association also said that “they have taken an inaccurate stereotypical approach to enhance their public image which is offensive to our diverse American Indian cultures.”
The rep added, “We hope they are taking their ‘self-improvement’ journey seriously.”
With Speidi’s track record, it would be safe to assume this isn’t the last time they’ll seek attention for their names.
A rep for the couple told TMZ that Pratt recently decided to give up his previous moniker, King Spencer, because it was “too much of a burden to have to carry the weight of royalty.”
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