A dealership rep said 'The Chief' no longer falls within Hyundai's guidelines. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas cars Hyundai
that the beloved statue, known locally as"The Chief," will be removed from the car dealership's parking lot on Monday, July 31.
Brodnitz told the daily that The Chief no longer met Hyundai's guidelines for the look and feel of their dealerships.The fiberglass statue was first unveiled at the Superior Pontiac dealership, which was then located on Broadway near downtown in the 1960s. The Chief was relocated when the dealership moved to its current spot in 1977.
Although beloved by some, The Chief was no stranger to controversy and allegations of cultural appropriation. In 2019, the Executive Director of American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions in San Antonio, Ramon Vasquez,that he had"no bad blood" with the McCombs family or The Chief. But, Vasquez did wish that the statue was more representative of a specific tribe rather than a"generic symbol" of Native Americans.
It's yet to be seen what will become of The Chief. However, Brodnitz told the daily that the statue could be moved to a museum for educational purposes.
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