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Thursday, February 12, 2004

The chair of the Indian organization calling for a boycott of CBS, the GRAMMYs and the record label of OutKast says the protest is not an attack on the popular hip-hop group.

"We're not attacking OutKast as artists," Andrew Brother Elk of the Native American Cultural Center told E! Online, "They can go out and make fools of themselves if they want to, but we are going to question the commercialization of our symbols."

"If people were wearing yarmulkes and the Hasidic dress and bumping and grinding, we would see that as ridiculous, but for some reason we don't see what OutKast did as ridiculous," he said.

Brother Elk filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications over the performance at Sunday night's 46th annual GRAMMY ceremony. He said has received an e-mail response.

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Get the Story:
Native Americans Rap OutKast (E! Online 2/11)
Oneida Indian Nation angered by Grammy performance (News 10 Now 2/11)

Relevant Links:
Native American Cultural Center - http://www.nativecc.com
GRAMMYs - http://www.grammy.com

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