Dir. of Scottish Tartan Authority Criticizes Edinburgh Shops

[RockyR]

BTW... the article refers to a quote from Graham Muir (BTW... they misspelled his name in the article) at the Tartan Gift Shop. He's a VERY fiesty middle aged man who will have PLENTY to say about the "imported kilts" issue if you let him. If you get a chance to stop into his shop, talk to him for 5 minutes... he's a hoot. Also, tell him Rocky and Kelly from USAKilts said hello.

[Tartan Hiker]

And to follow up on my own post, what Rocky and others describe is the reason that the Native American reservation analogy works only up to a point. The cheap touristy crap that they sell in the rez shops is actually made by Cherokee tribal members on the reservation...it's actually legislated by the tribe that this is the case. If the rubber tomahawks were imported from Taiwan and the shop owners claimed that they were genuine, then the analogy would be better, and a whole lot sadder.