Christina Fallin removed the headdess photo from Facebook after major blowback from the Native American community.

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Headdresses are historically worn by Native American war chiefs and warriors who received feathers for heroic deeds. Christina Fallin sings in an electronic-punk band.

Christina Fallin, the daughter of the governor of Oklahoma, at first defended an Instagram photo of herself wearing a Native American headdress. Fallin removed the picture from social media sites after criticism that it was insensitive.

Christina Fallin posted the picture because she "feels a connection to the Native American culture."

Fallin posted a letter on Facebook saying "we feel that it would not be honest if we did not admit publicly that a woman in a headdress can be a very beautiful thing. You can keep your distance from something your whole life out of fear that you might taint it, or that it might taint you. Or you can embrace it and let it affect you. We chose to live our lives in the latter category."

The 26-year-old governor's daughter, Christina Fallin is a marketing consultant. She also appears in local magazines that features fashion trends, health tips and beauty advice. The photo on Instagram says it was taken at Remington Park, a casino and horse race track owned by the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma City. A Chickasaw Nation spokesman had no immediate comment.

According to Kiowa Tribe member Summer Morgan, Native American women wear the headdress in order to honor the men of the family. She says "A way for those deeds to be acknowledged is a woman-be it their mother, their daughter, their sister, a niece-they're given the right to wear war bonnets so that these men can be honored. By being given the right, there's prayers that are said. It's explained to each of these girls who are given this right what's expected of them when they wear it, how to treat these war bonnets. What not to do and what they are allowed to do when they are wearing it. You can't just pick it up and wear it. You can't go and pick up anybody's war bonnet. It has to be somebody from your family. There are dances, there's songs and there's times of the year where it is acceptable for women to wear war bonnets."

A spokesman for Gov. Mary Fallin had no comment.