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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s daughter Christina wore a Native American-style shawl with the word “sheep” on the back while her band Pink Pony played at the Norman Music Festival over the weekend.Click here to watch the report.Christina Fallin performed a fake war dance while band members flipped off protesters who surrounded the stage.The shawl is an important piece of Native American culture, and tribe members said it shouldn’t be worn as a fashion statement.“It’s just a sacred outfit, sacred uniform. And the war dance, you know, is also a sacred act,” said Louis Fowler, a member of the Choctaw Tribe.This incident came shortly after Christina Fallin posted a picture of herself in a headdress, outraging Native Americans across Oklahoma.Some of the signs protesters held said, "You still owe us an apology" and "Culture is not a fashion accessory."“The fact that it’s like the daughter of the state of Oklahoma, you know, a rich land with native history, native ancestry, native pride, I think that’s what twists the knife a little bit further,” Fowler said."The Norman Music Festival does not support the actions of Pink Pony, and in particular Christina Fallin, at our festival on Saturday night,” Norman Music Festival Chairman Gene Bertman said in a written statement. “We had no prior knowledge of the performance content, and we oppose her use and depiction of American Indian artifacts and symbols. We certainly understand that these actions do nothing but promote racism, cultural discrimination and religious discrimination. The Norman Music Festival is here to support artists and bring people together - not divide them. We apologize to anyone who was offended."Pink Pony released a statement on its Facebook page after our story aired on KOCO. The statement read in part: "We are sincerely sorry to anyone who was offended by the photograph that started this controversy. As we said in the initial statement, it was not our intention to offend anyone. Nothing about our performance at the Norman Music Festival was in any way designed to offend anyone. We hope that people will do their own research before jumping to conclusions or believing the lies being fed to them."