Native American Group Threatens Boycott if NFL Doesn’t Readopt ‘Redskins,’ Seeks Pow-Wow with New Te

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Native American Group Threatens Boycott if NFL Doesn’t Readopt ‘Redskins,’ Seeks Pow-Wow with New Team Leadership
Craig Bannister | August 11, 2023

A Native American group is threatening to go on the warpath if the NFL’s Washington football team doesn’t readopt its iconic “Redskins” name and punt the “Commanders” moniker it assumed in 2020 in response to coercion from the cancel-culture crowd.

On Monday, the Native American Guardian’s Association (NAGA) sent a letter to the new leadership of the team, condemning the “cancel culture” that pressured the previous owner to drop “Redskins.”

The group has also posted a petition on Change.org, calling for restoration of “Redskins.” By Thursday, more people (75,000) had signed the petition than can be seated in the team’s home stadium of FedEx Field (63,000).

While the letter from NAGA Founder and President Eunice Davidson requests a pow-wow with the team’s chiefs, the NFL organization has repeated ignored requests for a meeting.

This time, however, the NAGA president warns that his group might launch a boycott that could cost the team a heap of wampum, if its requests are shunned.

"Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened with Anheuser Busch which is now down $27 billion (note, not one brick thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned) - WE WILL DO JUST THAT," the letter says.

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[Smokin Joe]

Maybe the University of North Dakota could ditch the bird and have the "Fighting Sioux" back too.

[libertybele]

I have to agree with the "Redskins" on this.  It was ridiculous to do away with the name.  Woke politics/political correctness is all.

[The_Reader_David]

In Oklahoma the descendants of those force marched there from the American South (with their slaves) prefer to be called "Indians" rather than "Native Americans". 

Generally, Indians are far more level-headed and sensible than the folks who purport to speak on their behalf and insist they be called "Native Americans" and regard "redskins" as a slur even though it derives from usages shared by red and white (and black) alike back in day.