Moccasin maker Minnetonka apologies to Native Americans

Minnetonka is apologizing for profiting off of Native American culture without acknowledging its role in the 75-year-old Minnesota company's line of moccasins and other footwear products. 

"We recognize that our original products, some of which are still sold today, have been appropriated from Native American culture," David Miller, Minnetonka's CEO, said Monday in a statement. "Minnetonka deeply and meaningfully apologizes for having benefited from selling Native-inspired designs without directly honoring native culture or communities." 

Minnetonka's mea culpa came on Indigenous Peoples' Day, proclaimed a holiday to honor the country's first inhabitants by President Biden and now celebrated by multiple states instead of Columbus Day.