Share to TwitterLemiley Lane, a Bountiful junior who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, poses for a photograph at Bountiful High School, July 21, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. While advocates have made strides in getting Native American symbols and names changed in sports, they say there's still work to do mainly at the high school level, where mascots like Braves, Indians, Warriors, Chiefs and Redskins persist.
“There is no tribe that can make a claim to it,” said James Singer, co-founder of the Utah League of Native American Voters. “Nevertheless, many tribal governments, using their tribal sovereignty, have issued statements saying they don't want these kinds of mascots for school teams.” On a practical level, getting rid of a mascot means new uniforms, signs on fields and imagery on merchandise.
Attempts in other states to govern the use of Native American mascots have failed in recent years. At least three — Illinois, Massachusetts and Minnesota — are considering legislation this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Last week, the Chicago Blackhawks said hockey fans would be banned from wearing headdresses when home games resume but would keep its name in honor of Black Hawk, a Sac and Fox Nation leader.
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What is the BFD about changing the name? Stanford changed from the Indians to the Cardinals a zillion years ago & no one died. Change it. In 20 years, no one will care that it was changed.
our tribe, our symbolism, our say......
Im offended by Dallas Cowboys name making fun of white people. And I am also very offended the FedEx name making fun of divorced people... 😡
I see the Braves as being a symbol of strength not weakness.
What are you leftists going to do when you run out of mascots, monuments, flags etc ... and you’re still miserable useless bigots? What excuse will you use then for your misery?
Appeasing the name Nazis is the real problem.
My high school team was literally the Nezperce Indians, it always kinda made me uncomfortable
Don’t forget Alaska’s Aniak “Half-breeds” high school sports team, 300mi west of Anchorage
ABC is just trying to push their agenda
Everyone needs to watch this
ABC you’re misguiding! How about we focus on getting these wonderful people out of poverty first! These people have been dumped on by the US government for centuries! Give these people what they deserve: fresh water, food, reliable utilities, affordable housing, etc....
Snowflake bollocks
Is there a goal to have zero Native American symbolism in non-reservation schools?
And then there's them insulting viking mascots...why nobody cares about my fragile Norse feelings?
Acid washing an entire race of people from existence. Remind me who is promoting this again.....
its funny that all of this magically turned racist and offensive on Jan 01 2017. People are not buying it anymore. the game is over. So many are waking up to the divisive Marxist tactics of oppressed vs oppressor. Trump2020Victory
They took pride in Native American names and symbols especially when they won a game.. yeah, I can see how that would be racist.. ( and naming a team cowboys ) wouldn't be racist.. y'all are fukn idiots!
Remove every last vestige and we will forget they ever existed. Great idea, numbskulls.
I’m sure they’re ecstatic to be completely erased from history.
Yeah, great idea, team nicknamed “The Braves”....... yeah, lets ditch that Native American name and call ourselves something new that obliterates their race into the history books (that we’d also like to burn). George Orwell was right, just should have been 2020 not 1984
oh please. i’m native and dont give a fuck about this shit
I’d be interested to see the breakdown of those Native Americans who agree/disagree/don’t care about this issue. Is that possible?
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Pictured below is the reservation before and after names were removed
Yes, and eventually we'll be able to forget Native Americans were ever here. Is that the point of this?
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