“Few things blend together as perfectly as the worlds of music and fashion, so it’s no wonder that we find singer and bassist for UK band The Noisettes, Shingai Shoniwa, so explosive. This English-Zimbabwean stunner definitely steals the spotlight from her bandmates with her beautifully melancholic voice, commanding stage presence and unique fashion sense. While there are certainly a myriad of reasons to love her, here are the three reasons we simply can’t get enough of Shingai Shoniwa.”

Native Americans around the country are outraged at the new line of “Navajo” clothing and accessories at Urban Outfitters.

The offensive — and wildly inauthentic — products include a  “Navajo fabric wrapped flask” (alcohol-related deaths are four times the national average in Native American communities) and the “Navajo Hipster Panty,” along with feather dreamcatchers, dresses, and the like.

Tiffanie Wilson, a member of the Blackfoot nation, was shocked when saw the crude replicas of Native American heritage being hawked, so she started a petition on Change.org to stop Urban Outfitters from mocking Native American culture for the sake of “fashion” and profit.

This exploitation of Navajo culture isn’t just tacky and disrespectful — multiple media outlets are reporting that it may be illegal under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 which bans selling “any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced [or] an Indian product.”

Still, Urban Outfitters has said it has no intention of pulling the line. But public pressure is having an impact: Just this morning, Urban Outfitters removed the word “Navajo” from descriptions of the product line on its American website. No such measure has been taken on the European website, however, and — most importantly — the items are still for sale.

Will you stand with Tiffanie in telling Urban Outfitters that it’s not OK to exploit Native American culture to make a buck or make a fashion statement? Sign Tiffanie’s petition to get Urban Outfitters to stop selling their “Navajo” line now:

http://www.change.org/petitions/ceo-urban-outfitters-remove-the-navajo-collection-from-stores

Thanks for being a change-maker,

- Weldon and the Change.org team