Jul 30 2009Jessica Simpson hates Injuns?
Jessica Simpson found herself in hot water this week when a reporter asked if she'd take back the boat she bought Tony Romo to which she replied "I'm not an Indian giver." Native American groups were obviously outraged. Us Magazine reports:
Jacqueline L. Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, tells Usmagazine.com Simpson isn't the only person who uses the word in a derogatory sense.
The concept of Indians giving and sharing with one another is where the term originated, she explains, but has somehow morphed into an insensitive phrase that stereotypes Native people as ones who give and then take back.
"Most people flippantly use the comment 'Indian giver' without realizing its true meaning, Pata tells Us.
How could Jessica Simpson not realize the true meaning of the term "Indian giver"? What a stupid Polack. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm behind on some bills so I need to conjure up some Jewish lightning on my car. -- Yikes. I probably shouldn't have said that. My insurance company might be reading.

Reader Comments
1. radish - July 30, 2009 10:52 AM
Foist!
2. Hollard - July 30, 2009 10:52 AM
Great tits. The rest of it? I'll pass.
3. fish - July 30, 2009 10:53 AM
Seecnd?
4. Badfatman - July 30, 2009 10:57 AM
Stupid Indians.
5. Steeevil - July 30, 2009 10:58 AM
Is it good to be 4th? Jessica Simpson for President!
6. havoc - July 30, 2009 11:01 AM
Injuns also get pissed when anyone uses the word "how"......
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7. seriously - July 30, 2009 11:03 AM
Please. stop.making. that. face.
8. Chief Hairy Legs - July 30, 2009 11:03 AM
Pale face jiggles-a-lot-while-she-walks speak with brain of many rocks colliding between ears. it is hard to understand the white man paying many wampum to watch jiggles-a-lot-while-she-walks white man ex chokes-a-lot-on-pigskin flip and flop all over football field like dog born with no brain. White man odd lot.
9. Josh - July 30, 2009 11:04 AM
Indians are cool, they were here first.
It's the Mexicans that suck.
10. ROUGH daddy - July 30, 2009 11:05 AM
I heard theyll scalp you if you call em Tanto...
11. KimboSlice - July 30, 2009 11:17 AM
Could Jessica get any more stupid? What's up with her face? It looks like someone slapped her retarded. She could learn to keep her trap shut.
12. What is that smell? - July 30, 2009 11:17 AM
being 1/8th Native American I will take on the duty of getting retribution from jigglypuff by repeatedly fucking her in the asshole until she goes blind. I will teach the white-woman to never take our proud heritage in vain again.
13. TUBBO - July 30, 2009 11:19 AM
Wait a cotton pickin minute here.........What's wrong with saying indian giver?
14. Bob Smith - July 30, 2009 11:21 AM
Native American = Northern Mexican
15. stewbacca - July 30, 2009 11:22 AM
Whats stupid is that Indian givers have nothing to do with commenting on Indians-- its refering to the white settlers who couldnt be trusted...
In that we gave them their land and when we wanted to expand we took it back- over and over again as we went out west-- Thats what it means to be an Indian giver---
If you are going to take offense to some offhanded comment, at least research your supposed "racial slurs"--
16. Moi is Moi - July 30, 2009 11:26 AM
Everyone should know by now that Jessica doesn't think before she speaks. Her air head persona should work in her favor on this comment.
17. Filo - July 30, 2009 11:27 AM
She's so dumb yet what I wouldn't give to do so many dirty deeds with her. In fact her dumbness only adds to the thrill. God I'm twisted.
18. Zee Brat - July 30, 2009 11:31 AM
Oh c'mon. It's Jessica Simpson. You know she's going to say things like this. No one is surprised.
19. mafme - July 30, 2009 11:37 AM
Nope, it's a slur against Native Americans:
"The term "Indian gift" was first noted in 1765 by Thomas Hutchinson,[1] and "Indian giver" was first cited in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms (1860)[2] as "Indian giver. When an Indian gives any thing, he expects to receive an equivalent, or to have his gift returned.""
20. Mr. Knowitall - July 30, 2009 11:45 AM
#15 - I don't think so.
Indians were nomadic people. All your possessions were pretty much what you were able to carry with you. I imagine what they were able to carry were VERY valuable to them.
It probably was a misunderstanding between the whites and the Indians of what was "given" and what was simply "borrowed". Again, if you have something very valuable then you are much more likely to lend it as opposed to giving it away (and the act of lending is still very generous because you risk losing it). When the dumb honky kept that axe when he was supposed to give it back, the Indian probably resorted to "stealing" it back.
I'm far from being Mr. Rainbow - but I do think of all the groups of people who bitch in this country - the Indians have a legit beef. Whether or not it was "divine right" or "white man's burden", we f'd them over big time.
21. Pale Face - July 30, 2009 11:45 AM
A pity that we couldn't keep out the scum that followed us over from Europe and that is involved with the entire global financial depression they created.
We should scalp them all!
The indians belong here and took care of the place better then we did. We have managed to destroy most of it in a few centuries.
Capitalism only works for the capitalists.
22. Pat C. - July 30, 2009 11:46 AM
Thanks, mafme, for that info. I always wonder where some phrases come from. Like "Chinese fire drill".
23. Photoshop Police - July 30, 2009 11:49 AM
The Dumb Frontier "New" Americans couldn't get the concept of "TRADE" and expected Natives to give something for nothing and....
THIS IS ALL SO STUPID!!!
Jessica thought Chicken of the Sea was CHICKEN for cryin out loud!
Why do we care about this?!?!?
You don't even have any decent pics of her boobs!
24. SS - July 30, 2009 11:53 AM
I thought Native Americans didn't even go by the term "Indian" nowadays, considering there's a whole nation with ~1 billion people using that name.
25. Alli Watermelon - July 30, 2009 11:55 AM
WOW..just wow. Get off your high horse. It's a commonly used phrase. Jessica doesn't strike me as a RUDE, MEAN person just because she's not the brightest. Obviously she's not. She gave that dude a boat and isn't worried about getting it back after the way he's supposedly treated her lately. GET OVER IT.
26. norton - July 30, 2009 12:00 PM
We live in the most thin skinned country in the world..... every "group" has a gripe with something.
Give it up fuckheads.
27. Nooken - July 30, 2009 12:01 PM
I can't believe her... it's first nations giver or for you yanks native american giver. sheesh, so insensitive.
28. Venom - July 30, 2009 12:03 PM
I can't believe the American Indians would actually comment on this.
That is just ridiculous.
29. Mr. Knowitall - July 30, 2009 12:05 PM
The "trade" explanation makes more sense. The whites misunderstood that a redman handing you an axe wasn't a "gift", but simply an opening act of a "trade". The guy receiving the axe was obligated to either give the Indian something of equal value, or simply hand the axe back. The Indian was probably "WTF" when the honky didn't do anything and walked off with the axe.
30. HeckYeah - July 30, 2009 12:06 PM
You don't hear too many people say "Jewish lightning" anymore. Bravo, good sir.
31. Harry - July 30, 2009 12:14 PM
I thought the phrase was a reference to how the government would go back on promises to Native American Indians, thus taking back their word, being an "Indian giver". This is a woman who didn't know the meaning of Chicken of the Sea. Lighten up and stop with the political correctness.
32. LPB - July 30, 2009 12:30 PM
I take issue with this Pata woman's claim that "...Simpson isn't the only person who uses the word in a derogatory sense." That's just bullshit!
I've never heard of that term being used in any sense, derogatory or not. And if I ever did, that would be the last thing that person said; I'm just not going to tolerate that kind of speech.
BTW, it's "Chinese Fire Drill run by Mexican Generals."
33. Nicole - July 30, 2009 12:31 PM
OMG who gives a shit?! People are offended by EVERYTHING these days! Damn!
34. Nicole - July 30, 2009 12:32 PM
OMG who gives a shit?! People are offended by EVERYTHING these days! Damn!
35. Bert - July 30, 2009 12:35 PM
poor injuns, always giving, never receiving.
36. Black Mariah - July 30, 2009 12:35 PM
I never thought of it as racist. Like "beware of Greeks bearing gifts", it's a useful saying that refers to a historical event in which those people (indians, greeks) just happened to be involved. It didn't exactly make me "hate" the Indians any more or less. It's just an expression. Something racist that should be condemned is when the phrase incites hatred - like calling white people "devils" and black people "monkeys". I just don't see Indian giver as being in that category.
37. Garrett's Girl - July 30, 2009 12:44 PM
#34 Nicole: I could not agree with more with you on that. People get offended and sue if you look at them wrong!
I'm sure Jessica wasn't being offensive. She just meant she was going to be the bigger person and not take back the gift she gave to Tony Romo.
America has turned tight-ass over everything.
38. christiansinglesdate - July 30, 2009 12:48 PM
She is the briliantist person ever. - christiansinglesdate.com
39. PC is BS - July 30, 2009 12:57 PM
Indian giver was a commonly used phrase when I was growing up in the 80's. She grew up pretty much during that time (late 80's early to mid 90's), so odds are she heard it alot too. I don't think she meant anything by it, just that she isn't the kind of person that gives something to someone and then takes it back when things go south. If anyone has a problem with that phrase, then you need to grow some skin. You want offensive? How bout she says I'm not a redskinned tonto kemosabe fuck. Offensive. You night as well just kill yourselves now, you fucking pussies.
40. maggielindia - July 30, 2009 1:11 PM
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41. mafme - July 30, 2009 1:14 PM
Yeah, you commit a centuries-long genocide against a group of people and you can't even make fun of them? What's that about?
42. Will - July 30, 2009 1:35 PM
To indian give is to give something (e.g. the promise of land) and then take it away later as the white man did to Native Americans over 100s of years settling this continent.
The popular notion that it refers to how "indians" gave gifts is just plain wrong.
So yea, its not racist in any sense. In fact, to say it is racist is in itself racist.
43. Will is gay! - July 30, 2009 1:45 PM
who really cares. I have never used the term in my life, and I'm not sure Jessica used it properly, but I'm going to start now. Cause It's funny.
44. DrThrasher - July 30, 2009 1:48 PM
I always thought it came about because we gave the Indians stuff and then took it back.
45. PC is BS - July 30, 2009 1:48 PM
@41 What a crock of shit argument. Nobody living today had anything to do with that. I am so sick and tired of all these groups saying oh you can't say that because it offends people. You know what? All those people offend me. Are they going to stop telling me what I can and can't say? Hell no. So fuck them. Ooh hoo hoo. Indian giver. You can't say that. It's offensive. Fucking please. There's sooooo much worse shit out there. Next thing you know you won't be able to call someone "bro" if they're not your brother, because it offends people. This is what it 's coming to, folks. Fuck censorship.
46. Republibot 3.0 - July 30, 2009 1:48 PM
I was always told in American History that "Indian Giver" refered to the historical practice of giving the indians reservation land "For all time," until Oil was discovered on it, and then kicking them off. It's disparaging of white people, not Indians.
47. 45 is an idiot - July 30, 2009 2:04 PM
You sound like an anarchic right wing retard pal. We live by rules and should not ever say things to hurt each other. I agree that they are making a mountain out of a molehill, but still, this was and IS the land of the Amerindians.
It's easy to tell who the true owner really is. Just like with that pervert Solomon suggesting the two mothers cutting the contested baby in half and the real mother not wanting to hurt the baby, we whites have treated the place like an industrial sewer while the previous inhabitants considered it sacred.
48. Upinya - July 30, 2009 2:06 PM
I got drunker than 40 Indians last night.
49. twzzlrgirl - July 30, 2009 2:38 PM
Give me a break....Good Lord. If the Native Americans have NOTHING better to do than follow every word that Jessica Simpson has to say, then they just plain stupid.
People need to get some thicker skin and stop bitching every time they are "offended." Grow up and get a life.
50. budah - July 30, 2009 2:51 PM
Native Americans should have fought harder you pusies.
besides it is Jessica Simpson . i mean can they really be offended by her dumb ass.
51. Bert - July 30, 2009 2:52 PM
We conquered the Indians because we were superior. Those idiots hadn't even invented the wheel yet and we were sailing around the world kicking some huge ass. Now they lay around on the reservations and sniff hairspray.
52. Harry - July 30, 2009 2:56 PM
Let's be honest, the Cleveland Indians mascot and the Washington Redskins very name is more racist than this.
53. pasteve - July 30, 2009 3:21 PM
This could become a real tar baby for her.
54. Valerie - July 30, 2009 4:35 PM
1/4 Native Southwest here, 1/4 Native Central American.
@9 Cute. But Mexicans were also here first. Know your history.
@15 That's how I like to take it.
@20 N.A.s in Northern part of American were nomadic, but in the Southwest there were many sedentary Natives (Pueblos). Equal reciprocity is a great concept, but early settlers had Eugenics and Manifest Destiny concepts in mind, and a double standard on top of that, so it's no wonder they wrote shit like that.
@51 Too bad "you" never bathed. Adrian G must be an offspring of a white "conqueror".
@52 No shit
And finally, Jessica is dumb and nothing in this article shows "Native American groups obviously outraged". Pata's comment was mild. It'll blow over, and YES, if someone or some people were "outraged" at J.S., they need to get over themselves.
55. lfrg - July 30, 2009 4:46 PM
FUCK YOU IN THE FACE WITH A BUS DRIVEN BY UR DAD YOU FAT UNTALENTED IMBECILE OINKER.
56. pig - July 30, 2009 4:49 PM
@54
How can Mexicans also be here first? There's only one first.
57. angie - July 30, 2009 5:13 PM
i was taught the term indian giver came from the americans giving land to the natives and then saying, oh its valuable its ours again. Thats what i learned in my american indian studies classes.
58. Suck it! - July 30, 2009 5:22 PM
you honkies niggas jew fucks rat european cluster fucks all shut the fuck up! native people were here first, and they're not mexicans! whoever thought they were mexicans seriously needs to have their dick shot off! All u idiots dont know shit, just a bunch of retards with no proper education about "american history" which also includes native american history. they took good proper care of this land you unappreciative fucks took over, because of you idiots the country is screwed up! if it wasn't for the native people you wouldn't have a free country to live in. have some respect or sail back to your own countries!!
59. mikeock - July 30, 2009 5:33 PM
Don't you just hate people who are nigger rich? Ooops. Probably can't say that either.
60. Cartman - July 30, 2009 5:44 PM
@59
The only way you can become nigger rich is if you steal some jew gold and sell it to a filthy towel head.
61. therush - July 30, 2009 6:09 PM
What? I thought it was always ripping on white people for being douchenozzles. Like "Here's some reservation land, but oh wait there is gold so we need it back".
62. Bert - July 30, 2009 6:37 PM
Indian Nations = the most failed civilization in history. still dragging their shit around on sticks almost 1000 years after the rest of the world had the wheel. HA HA HA what a bunch of morons!
63. Sal - July 30, 2009 7:22 PM
She probably just feels bad after her dad tried to nigger Tony's shit.
64. Pat C. - July 30, 2009 8:52 PM
Bought him a boat? She may be insensitive, but at least she's no niggard.
65. Pale Face - July 30, 2009 10:13 PM
Progress to some seems to be the complex actions of tearing apart Creation to see how it was assembled and then using the ruined assembly for it's ingredients for assorted demented purpose we call technology. The fact is that our sacred Earth is dying. Make no mistake about it, the plantet is in a rapid state of decline. Our population is in a state of morbid increase far beyond the carrying capacity as evidenced by and increase in starvation. This will not have a solution other than mass death. Our glorious science has failed us.
Once a man could stare into the pure darkness of night and count endless stars and see the workings of God. Now we read a contrived book we call the Bible which is itself a filthy lie and is partly based upon the accounts of a people for whom the Creator supposedly favors as the expense of not only the rest of humanity but all of Creation.
The American Indians were fine stewards of this land and were, like all so-called primitive societies, in a state of harmony with the essential ecology. We europeans and jews that live here see the planet as nothing more than a place to tear apart for profit. And nothing more.
66. Nicole - July 30, 2009 11:01 PM
Thanks 37! :) I totally agree with you too.
67. Narcissist - July 31, 2009 2:17 AM
Shut up and smile Jessica.
68. Galtacticus - July 31, 2009 3:39 AM
That's pretty cool of her.She takes care of her man good!
69. Rhialto - July 31, 2009 3:41 AM
68. Galtacticus - July 31, 2009 3:39 AM
That's pretty cool of her.She takes care of her man good!
*What a difference with other girls sometimes!
70. Gando - July 31, 2009 3:47 AM
Toni Romo should return her the motorboat if he hates her that much.
71. reba - July 31, 2009 5:03 AM
the term refers to WHITE PEOPLE who gave to the Native Americans and then took it all back (and more). It is derogatory towards WHITE PEOPLE! Learn your f-cking history, folks.
72. riccione - July 31, 2009 8:10 AM
What about smiling ?
73. riccione - July 31, 2009 8:10 AM
What about smiling ?
74. riccione - July 31, 2009 8:10 AM
What about smiling ?
75. FACE - July 31, 2009 8:26 AM
Yet another example of the ignorance of whtie racism in this country - in 2009 no less
76. Dread not - July 31, 2009 9:38 AM
Jacqueline L. Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, tells Usmagazine.com, "the concept of Indians giving and sharing with one another is where the term originated..."
Dn: I want Jess to Indian give me some pussy, per the REAL meaning.
77. Ronnie - July 31, 2009 1:33 PM
I don't see the point of getting into an argument with some of the morons who posted on this site. I do not pick on uneducated, inbred, banjo pickers, but instead of my ancestors helping those poor lost souls survive the first couple of winters on this continent they should have led them back to their boats and sent them on their way. As for the idiot who suggested we were too stupid to invent the wheel..what practical use was the wheel at that time. Inventions are to address a void..like the space between your ears..
78. eattrn - July 31, 2009 1:34 PM
Does this mean they get the internet on the reservation now?
79. eattrn - July 31, 2009 1:34 PM
Does this mean they get the internet on the reservation now?
80. Sal - July 31, 2009 1:53 PM
Pale Face, get back to work making my latte. And keep your white-ass shit-caked dreds out of it.
81. Shani - July 31, 2009 3:06 PM
I'm sorry, but, are there really still enough Native Americans (indians) still alive to form a group that gives a fuck about this? I mean really, I thought we killed em all.
HAHAHA no seriously though all kidding aside, who really gives a fuck, really?
I mean come on, actually getting offended over this shit.
Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it!!
82. Shani - July 31, 2009 3:08 PM
I'm sorry, but, are there really still enough Native Americans (indians) still alive to form a group that gives a fuck about this? I mean really, I thought we killed em all.
HAHAHA no seriously though all kidding aside, who really gives a fuck, really?
I mean come on, actually getting offended over this shit.
Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it!!
83. Notfunny - July 31, 2009 5:03 PM
Indian giver isn't racist, it doesn't have anywhere near the weight the N word does or even other derogatory words about native americans. STFU. Its a term that describes where a native person gave something and expected something in return and if they didn't get something, they would ask for their item back. Its not racist, its reflective of tribal trade economics. Just because they take it as derogatory doesn't mean it has to be.
84. Sasheen - July 31, 2009 9:53 PM
Wow...a lot of ignorant people here. As a TRUE Native American from the Haida tribe (not somebody claiming to have a great great Cherokee grandmother, but an actual real enrolled member) I am appalled at how readily acceptable it is to use racially derogatory terms. But somehow it's still perfectly fine to make racist comments against Native Americans...and pretty much any minority group except African Americans. We all know that if Jessica made an insensitive remark about black people, Obama would be planning another "Beer Summit" at a White House picnic table right about now. Even some Natives are too blind to realize it's negative impact and tolerate the perpetuation of ignorance. And who cares about the origin of the word? The etymology behind it is nebulous, but the most popular meaning is obviously a slam against Natives. You're severely misinformed if you don't know that. The bottom line is, it is not a nice word. So if your'e not a nice person, go ahead and use it to your heart's content. Or go back to where you came from because I'm already where my people came from...heh heh heh...
85. bmose - August 1, 2009 12:26 PM
Tell that bitch to get back to the blackjack table.
86. Sarcastos - August 3, 2009 5:50 AM
The phrase Indian Giver couldn't be more true. i live in a area with a few reserves and to many bars. hehe
And in my life long experience of being around Indians (not Natives, Indians are just Mexicans who moved north), i have noticed a few things.
1. They're greedy and think everything is owed to them.
2. They all think they're gods gift
3. They're hypocrites, Example : They will say things like "Indians never had a concept of war before the white man came to our land" and then say things like "our people have always been great WARriors"
And 3. they steal my lysol :)
These "people" should know by now that no one cares what they think. unless its about cousin lovin', making home brew, beating wives, cheap smokes, free government money, girlie ponytails and not to die from drinking to much sterno and paint thinner. HAHA!
Oh and by the way, my grandmother was a Indian American and my father a Indian Canadian. So i can say this stuff, CAN YOU?!
87. Brandon Sinclair - August 3, 2009 9:10 PM
In reply to Sarcastos ~ Not all of us are like your family, nor your knowledge of how you see Natives. Some of us were raised right, not to take things seriously, not to be judmental, your the reason why were so hated. Indians like you, drunk, dead beat indians, who wait monthly for that welfare cheque to get paid and drink. So keep it on.
88. Brandon Sinclair - August 3, 2009 9:10 PM
In reply to Sarcastos ~ Not all of us are like your family, nor your knowledge of how you see Natives. Some of us were raised right, not to take things seriously, not to be judmental, your the reason why were so hated. Indians like you, drunk, dead beat indians, who wait monthly for that welfare cheque to get paid and drink. So keep it on.