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Navajo Nation suggests new name for Washington Redskins that 'honors and respects the First Americans
The Blaze ^
| July 13, 2020
| Breck Dumas
Posted on 07/14/2020 1:23:49 AM PDT by luvie
The Washington Redskins announced Monday that they would be retiring their team nickname and logo, but had not yet decided on their new moniker. In short order, the Navajo Nation offered a new name they believe would be a fitting replacement for the NFL franchise.
Two hours later, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez released a statement celebrating the Washington, D.C., area team's move, while noting that the franchise made its decision due to "mounting pressure and advocacy of Indigenous peoples...and many other warriors who fought long and hard for this change."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: culture; namechange; navajo; redskins
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To: luvie
Wampum Injuns.
Who could object?
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posted on
07/14/2020 3:39:50 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: xrmusn
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posted on
07/14/2020 3:45:05 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: Old Yeller
Wouldnt be long before they were called the Toe Suckers or Sock Cuckers. As I said about quarterback Tony Romo, "Romo is a great name if you're winning."
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posted on
07/14/2020 3:47:36 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: rickmichaels
Code Talkers would be apt. At least 90% of the team speaks unintelligible Ebonics anyway.
Good start to the morning ...Thanks.
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posted on
07/14/2020 3:47:54 AM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: luvie
A name change will not matter. Real fans are going to disappear throughout the NFL. Football overcome by politics has no appeal.
To: luvie
Do what Prince did. Change the name to an unpronounceable symbol and then refer to them as the “team formally known as the Redskins.”
To: luvie
We strongly encourage the NFL Washington organization to rename their team in such a way that truly honors and respects the First Americans of this country. Renaming the team 'Code Talkers' to honor the Navajo Code Talkers, and other tribal nations who used their sacred language to help win World War II, would set the team on a path to restoring its reputation and correcting the historical misrepresentation of Indigenous peoples. And that'll piss of the Hopis, Blackfoot, Crow, Utes, Otoes, Senecas, Eries, Mohawks, etc...
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posted on
07/14/2020 3:53:55 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: luvie
To: luvie
How do you make a logo out of that?
Washington should drop 'Redskins' and replace it with nothing. Just go by 'Washington'. It's what sports announcers have been calling them for a couple of years anyway.
To: luvie
If you don’t know who the first nth Americans were how do you know if you’ve changed the name. Washington Clovis, Washington Folsom or the Washington Solutreans.
From what we’re observing these days why not just drop the Skins part of the Redskins name and just call them the Washington Reds.
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:01:59 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: luvie
Offensive to Imperial Japanese ;)
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:02:17 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
To: luvie
How about the Washington Titmice? Banana Slugs is already. Or perhaps in a bid for new sponsorship, the Washington Emus.
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:03:06 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: luvie
How about the Washington Titmice? Banana Slugs is already taken. Or perhaps in a bid for new sponsorship, the Washington Emus.
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:03:27 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: luvie
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:03:33 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Jyotishi
There’s cave drawings older than 15,000 years that show boats. There’s allot we don’t know about early humans and their migrations into the America’s.
To: An.American.Expatriate
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:06:33 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: cranked
They should just choose a stupid meaningless name and consign the Indians to the dustbin of history - because apparently that is where the Indian activists want to be.
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:08:05 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: luvie
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posted on
07/14/2020 4:08:29 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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