Winona LaDuke: The Team with No Name

The “Red Skins” name is in itself referring to the skins of Native people, which were presented by bounty hunters for payment in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.    BY WINONA LADUKE  LAProgressive.com  November 16, 2014   “Riding cross the desert on a horse with no name….. Entering football and hockey season with a More

▶ Native Americans Force Sports Fans to Think About Racism

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation of Northern California paid a “substantial” amount of money to air a one-minute version of this ad in seven major American cities during the NBA finals. It is compelling, persuasive, and powerful. The goal is to put the blatant racism of the Washington Redskins football team front and center in More

[Video] Change the Mascot: Pressure Grows for NFL Team to Drop Redskins Name and Logo As Thousands Protest

[youtube=http://youtu.be/ckr3y0PLiEc]  democracynow Published on Nov 8, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - For decades, members of many American Indian communities have called on the Washington Redskins football team to change its name, which is based on a racial slur. Now the pressure has reached a new heights. On Thursday night, nearly a thousand Native Americans and their allies protested outside More

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