Posted on 07/10/2023 7:24:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
it’s stooopid...
the local sports teams were always The Senecas
now the “Lake Hawks”
BUT
it’s STILL called Seneca Lake...
make it make sense
“Indian”, “warriors’, “Chiefs” etc., are ENGLISH words not originating in America but England. It’s stupid ... First Peoples never heard these words until white man told them. These people are insane. Stick them in the looney bin.
The way to avoid this nonsense is to make a deal with the tribes. License names, chants, slogans, and imagery from a tribe. This supports tribal artists, and gives the tribe leaders a little extra spending money in exchange for names and logos that they certify are inoffensive.
Then, when the whining whiners complain about it, direct them to the tribal office.
Their village was called “sinnekens.” The Dutch and English called them the name “Seneca” from the Roman Philosopher of the same name. Blame the Romans, Dutch and English. It ain’t even what they called themselves. This is all Pure BS.
“Mohawk” was the name given by English from the Narragansett tribe who called Mohawks “Mohowagsuck” meaning “cannibals”. It ain’t even the same word
More BS. “Mohawk” is a word invented by the English.
so no reason to change it then
their name is the Haudenosaunee...
Iroquois is a FRENCH word meaning “black snakes”
“Oneida’ is what the English called the tribe known as “Ontyota a ka”.
“Skarueh” is what the Tuscarora called themselves. It derives from the SPANISH language.
“Sioux” is a FRENCH word.
Gimme a break.Already.
Concur
Love your post, I have some Nanaimo in our family. Proud of it, but this was not always true. My grandmother did her best to pass as a white American although one look at her and you knew she was of the “First Peoples”.
She married a US Citizen when she was 16 in British Columbia and was brought to Washington State.
While at college, (Cal Berkeley) we were rivals of the Stanford Indians. Now they are the Cardinals and their mascot is a tree. What is happening?
About 30 years ago or so one high school near where I grew up was called the Redskins. In a fit of political correctness they changed it to the Reds.
I guess it’s better to be communists.
rather the Ysonnundawa o no of the Haudenosaunee
It's not the Injuns that are bitching about the names; it white liberal morons.
The First Nations people I know laugh at this cra cra stuff
Florida State’s Seminoles are next.
Waaaaay too late. Should have thought of it in the 70’s
Political correctness has been around for 30+ years. It is a tool of the cultural marxists.
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