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To: Tancred

As one of the few American Indians on FR, let me say that this is the kind of crap that gives us a bad name. This and the bitching about sports teams names like Warriors, Braves, etc. just piss me off. There are plenty of us out here that feel this way but you only see the ones that the media grabs on to like this idiot. As for me, I love the Braves and the Redskins, and think that Columbus was a great man.


17 posted on 02/16/2008 10:02:50 AM PST by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: fish hawk
As one of the few American Indians on FR, let me say that this is the kind of crap that gives us a bad name. This and the bitching about sports teams names like Warriors, Braves, etc. just piss me off. There are plenty of us out here that feel this way but you only see the ones that the media grabs on to like this idiot. As for me, I love the Braves and the Redskins, and think that Columbus was a great man.

I hear you! In a nearby town we have a high school sports team named the Warriors. The school gym has a huge painting on the inside wall of an Indian chief’s profile with a full plains headdress on. The school student body is probably close to 70% American Indian and during basketball and volleyball games the team does a warrior dance, stomping on the hardwood floor, with tom-toms beating in the background. It is very intimidating to the opposing teams and makes me swell with pride to see our country’s wonderful American Indian culture in action.

24 posted on 02/16/2008 11:19:18 AM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: fish hawk

Glad to hear it. No one would give their own sports team an Indian name if they didn’t admire Indians. Does anyone imagine that “Braves” or “Redskins” is intended as an insult? People want to be proud of their teams. How stupid can you get to think that people would choose a name or a mascot that they didn’t admire or feel good about?


27 posted on 02/16/2008 11:31:44 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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