Posted on 08/10/2023 8:27:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Native American group has threatened a national boycott of the Washington Commanders unless the NFL team reverses course and changes its name back to the Washington Redskins.
The Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) wrote on Twitter — now X — that the group, along with its Founder and President Eunice Davidson, have sent a letter to the “Washington ‘Commanders’ Ownership & Key Leadership Formally Requesting The Team Revitalize it’s Relationship With The American Indian Community & Rightfully Change Their Name Back to ‘The Redskins.'”
In a letter that addressed what the group called the “cancel culture” against the Native American population and the erasure of its “steadfast role in American history, including serving as counselors to the Founding Fathers in the creation of the U.S. constitution.”
The letter talked about the history of the Washington football team and it’s relationship with the Native American community dating back to its 1933 season when they were named the Boston Redskins.
“At this moment in history, we are formally requesting that the team revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community by (i) changing the name back to ‘The Redskins’ which recognizes America’s original inhabitants and (ii) using the team’s historic name and legacy to encourage Americans to learn about, not cancel, the history of America’s tribes and our role in the founding of this Great Nation,” the letter read.
“Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened with Anheuser Busch (Bud Light) which is now down $27 billion (note, not one brick thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned) — WE WILL DO JUST THAT,” the letter added.
The letter closed out by noting that in 2023, this “oppression and arbitrary and capricious recognition of U.S. history and Constitutional rights is not acceptable.” The group also vowed to stand their ground because, if “you don’t acknowledge history, we are doomed to repeat it.”
In 2020, the team announced it was removing Redskins from its name and two years later announced the national professional football team would be called the Washington Commanders.
The name change came about from pressure from the cancel culture mob following the death of George Floyd and those who claimed that the term was racist and offensive to Native Americans.
I am Scots-Irish and AniYunWiya mix...I know of no “Indians” who wanted the nicknames changed...
libs continued their crusade against the Redskin name, basically telling Native Americans to sit down and shut up.
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I used to care about that issue and despised those who caved to the mob and changed the team’s name. But after thinking about the “thug” issue and a few other unlikable aspects of the NFL I lost Interest. I remember attending games at the old Griffith Stadium and was thrilled to witness the great Sammy Baugh in action.
I was born in DC.
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Me too, 1941!
Should we then call whoever they’re playing each week the Shirts?
It all started because white liberal activists could not mind their own business. They never asked the Indians if it was really a huge problem or not. And because they could not do it all by themselves they fired up the black crowd to help parrot the same narrative.
So the idea to change the label was imposed on the Natives whether they wanted to or agreed or not.
They need to stay out of other peoples business...
“I am part Native American.... And I have NO problem with going back to Redskins..!!!!!
Me too. It was intended to be a tribute to the courage and fight in the Native americans during battle. It was meant to be a compliment, not derogatory...
That survey was quietly buried because who cares what the American Indians think about it. The Great White Liberal in Washington knows best.
What Native Americans don’t agree with Jane Fonda and America’s Karens?
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Seems they don’t care much for that phony Pocahontas Skank either.
I had a workmate (American Indian) who arranged to go to a KC Chiefs game from Idaho. He’s a huge fan of the team. The Chiefs treated them as special guests and he came back to work on a very high note. I would dare to say if KC change their name he would take it as an insult. The American Indian is a proud American and deserves the respect of their fellow Americans not marginalized by removing references to their heritage. Take a tour through the Cody museum in Wyoming’s Indian wing and look at the exhibits. It’s very impressive. Leftist suck. Period. IMO.
interesting that “Native Americans” are the Only Americans with “American” in their name.
Leftist suck. Period. IMO.
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What we who are NOT leftists, Democrats, Socialists, Communists, Progressives, etc. must learn is that virtually all of them are dangerous ENEMIES of people who are NOT members of those groups. We should avoid contact with them whenever possible, and when it’s not possible resolutely disagree with everything they say that we believe to be wrong.
True.
There was a small group of Native American Activists that had the ear of the left who wanted the name gone. The bulk appear to have never wanted it gone and said so, but were drowned out and ignored by the media.
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