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Posted on 07/08/2020 5:54:43 AM PDT by raccoonradio
CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks say they will continue to use their team name because it honours a Native American leader who has been an inspiration to generations.
"The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo symbolizes an important and historic person, Black Hawk of Illinois’ Sac & Fox Nation, whose leadership and life has inspired generations of Native Americans, veterans and the public," the NHL team said in a statement Tuesday.
"We celebrate Black Hawk’s legacy by offering ongoing reverent examples of Native American culture, traditions and contributions, providing a platform for genuine dialogue with local and national Native American groups. As the team’s popularity grew over the past decade, so did that platform and our work with these important organizations.
"We recognize there is a fine line between respect and disrespect, and we commend other teams for their willingness to engage in that conversation. Moving forward, we are committed to raising the bar even higher to expand awareness of Black Hawk and the important contributions of all Native American people. "
Under renewed pressure to change their name, the NFL’s Washington Redskins announced a "thorough review" of the issue. In baseball, the Cleveland Indians are also looking into it while the Atlanta Braves declined.
One of the best NHL sweaters or jerseys ever.
If naming sports teams after Indians is bad, then why is it good to name thousands of town and geographic places after Indians? Here are some of the great Indian names in New York State alone...
Cayuga
Seneca
Onondaga
Erie
Mohawk
Mohican
Mohegan
Montauk
Delaware
Oneida
Tonawanda
Tuscarora
Saratoga
Schoharie
Oriskany
Canandaigua
Growing up in upstate New York, I was always fascinated by these great names and the people who lived there before whites came. Later I became a huge fan of James Fenimore Cooper and his “Leatherstocking Tales.” Are we going to erase all these great names from history, too?
There is a minor-league team that wears essentially the same uniform in ....Portland, Oregon of all places.
Have they burned down the arena yet?
Nyack, Ramapo, Mahwah, Tappan, part of my old stomping grounds. And Killing Fields Cuomo naming the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his equally corrupt father. Leave it to a liberal to try to remove a vestige of local Native heritage.
Attended Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ 1979-1981...Beautiful area...
Yes, every May they used to put on a YYUUGGE car show on the old soccer fields, and across Rt202 the descendants of the Ramapo Indian tribe hold their pow wows every summer.
We used to cross the Tappan Zee Bridge on our trips to Westchester County. We started using it when it was still brand new. Dad would always say “Look, kids...there’s the Empire State Building” pointing south down the river.
The loss of that beautiful old traditional blended Indian / Dutch name really saddened me. It is beyond disgusting what Cuomo did to that name.
Zane Grey wrote a novel, “The Vanishing American” in 1925.
Named after the founder’s WW I battalion.
We used to go for drives in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Valhalla. Great area to just take in the sights. Another great ride was along the Taconic Parkway.
Going to need to rename a bunch of Army helicopters. The tribes the helicopters are associated with do blessings of the helo.
Once the race hustlers get their payout and name change from the Indians and the Redskins, they’ll move on to the Braves, and the Blackhawks, and there will be much more pressure.
Yeah, it won’t be long. The Flyers already cancelled Kate Smith and removed her statue.
Just make them the “Blackheads” and add a bad case of acne to the logo...
Maybe the Braves will go back to being the Bees, as they were for a few years in Boston.
The name Native American is used for what were once called American Indians.The idea is probably because they “were here first” and then pesky Europeans, etc, invaded and killed them. But really when you think about it...if you were born in the US you are a Native American.Born in Canada, a native Canadian etc.
I was born in Mass. 58 years ago. I am a Native American.My ancestors came to this
country from Britain and Ireland in the 1600s etc. Suppose someone moves here from France, legally, and gives birth to a child here.That child is a Native American (of French ancestry).
I think the term “First Nations” is used in Canada for “Canadian Indians”.
A “Native Canadian” is anyone born in Canada, regardless.
I am also a person of color (don’t say colored person! clearly not the same thing!). My color is white. Caucasian or white, but ‘white’ is a color.
We’re all in the same race. The human race.
Sanford and Son
Police officer: “These robbers, were they
colored?”
Fred: “Yeah, they was white.”
Oh man, true story:
I was a returning student in my early 30’s enrolled in a course on Native American Literature at Montclair St. College in NJ back in the mid 90’s. The middle-aged female professor comes out dressed in a long flowing, what do you call it? - moo-moo? She is silver-haired, pony tail all the way down her back, lots of silver and turquoise jewelry. She starts telling the large class about the various “Native Americans” whose literature we will be studying (the Lakota, the Cheyenne, Apache, etc.) and begins to lecture us about how we must understand these peoples’ perspective on the “invaders that had taken over their lands, the heartbreak, the stripping away of their culture.” This lecture goes on for about 15 minutes! She then goes around the room to let everyone introduce themselves. One by one my “classmates”, with heads hung low, guiltily murmur their names, state where they are from, acknowledge that their ancestors were part of the “invading” horde that had swooped down and took over the land, etc. This is going on for what seemed like forever, my blood rising to a low boil as my turn approached. Finally, she said, “And you?” I spoke up, “My name is ________ and I am a Native American. My parents were born here. My grandparents were born here. I believe the people that you referred to in your introductory comments do not refer to this land as America or themselves as “Native American”, but as the Lakota Nation, the Sioux Nation, the Navajo Nation, etc.” She smiled and moved on.
I never set foot back in that class again.
People didn’t appreciate my suggestion when Miami University changed from the Redskins to the Red Hawks to appease some urban Indians. I said to change the name from Miami so that tge Miami tribe could be forgotten entirely.
Ah! Good to hear.
Exactly. Are they serious about this stuff or not?
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