Posted on 04/23/2025 12:02:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
High-profile tribal activists backed a Long Island school in its fight to keep its team name despite a state ban on Native American logos – joining a President Trump rallying cry.
Frank Black Cloud, a member of the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota, said Tuesday that rebranding the Massapequa Chiefs would be a “terrible thing to do.” “Historically, we are Chiefs, we are Warriors,” said Black Cloud, 60, referencing neighboring Wantagh’s Warriors team — which may also have to drop its name.
He pointed to a pair of 2004 and 2016 polls that found nine in 10 Native Americans do not take offense to terms like “Redskins.” “All of these names, images, they are something we all uphold and we’re proud of,” Black Cloud said
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Why i was so disgusted when Cleveland lost the “Indians.” Only a handful of “activists” and some bossy liberal white women from the UCC spoiled a great tradition.
These chronically offended liberals need to look up the word “tribute” in the dictionary.
Cleveland used to be called the Spiders. They had two native American players who had the idea of changing the name to the Indians.
I was also disgusted when the North Dakota Sioux had to change their name. Sucks.
How come nobody ever did a poll to ask if I take offense to “paleface”?
I’m offended that nobody cares about us palefaces.
My son’s school, Connetquot and a neighboring district, Sachem are also involved with this .
The best response would be to formalize the relationship with a contract. This could include perks for registered tribal members, leasing of copyrighted design logos and even chants in their language. There could even be scholarships, and stadium concessions of tribal produced goods.
In what way?
It is actually three districts that are being forced to drop the Indian names. The national news are only reporting Massapequa for some reason but Connetquot and neighboring Sachem are also under pressure. They took a survey of the parents and kids and no one wants to change the names. News 12 here on LI reported the story involving three districts.
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