Native Americans ask Apache to change its name • The Register

Natives in Tech, a US-based non-profit organization, has called on the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to change its name, out of respect for Native American peoples and to adhere to their own code of conduct.

in blog postNatives in Tech members Adam Recvlohe, Holly Grimm and Desiree Kane accused ASF of appropriating Indigenous culture for branding purposes.

Quoting the description of ASF founding member Brian Behlendorf in the documentary “Trillions and trillions are servedHow he wanted something more romantic than a technical term like “spider” and came up with “Apache” after watching a documentary about Geronimo, the group said,

“This frankly outdated ‘romantic’ view of a living, vibrant community as dead and gone in order to build a tech company ‘for the greater good’ is as ignorant as it is offensive,” was the response.

The battered trio have challenged the Football Association of Australia for success Behavioral rules Commit to being careful with your words [they] Choose” by choosing a new name. The group objected to what they said was the suggestion that the Apache tribe only existed in an earlier historical context, citing …