Three months after the game's release, the Association for American Indian Development launched a website to organize a boycott, arguing that the game presented Native Americans through offensive, damaging, and historically misleading stereotypes. The organization argued that the reception to the game's portrayal of Native Americans was hypocritical when violence towards other racial or ethnic communities were more likely to be condemned. They also argued that while the game's later storyline introduced additional historical developments, these did not resolve the offensive material presented earlier in the game. The website included a petition urging Activision to make significant changes to the game before distributing it to stores again, or else the group would seek a worldwide recall. In response, Activision released a statement apologizing for the game's content: