[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I have read that in antebellum Virginia having a trace of Indian blood was a mark of distinction, people bragged about their Indian heritage. There was a Mohawk kid in my grammar school (USMC Vietnam) whose father, true to stereotype, was a high-steel worker. We envied him. We may have played cowboys and Indians, but the Indians were the badasses.

[FreedomPoster]

That’s why it’s so nuts removing Indian names from sports teams. Those names were selected because Indians were seen as having desirable characteristics.

It’s much less of an issue for me what is being done about this, though, since the NFL is dead to me.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“I have read that in antebellum Virginia having a trace of Indian blood was a mark of distinction, people bragged about their Indian heritage. There was a Mohawk kid in my grammar school (USMC Vietnam) whose father, true to stereotype, was a high-steel worker. We envied him. We may have played cowboys and Indians, but the Indians were the badasses.”

This is all truth and how Americans have always viewed Indians, with respect.

And why the PC movement to change sports teams names away from names that mention Indians is ludicrous.

[OrioleFan]

I remember growing up in Appomattox, Virginia, and my first cousin from Richmond asking grandma, “We’re all part Indian, aren’t we?” Grandma went ballistic. I can’t ever recall her getting so worked up. Now that grandma is gone, I’m thinking of getting the test out of curiosity.