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article Three Virginia Indian tribes not offended by Redskins (5/15/2013)
(Virginia) -- The Richmond Times-Dispatch reached out to the chiefs of some of Virginia’s Indian tribes to gather some thoughts about the Redskins name and find...
article Woody: American Indians in Va. have no problem with “Redskins” (5/14/2013)
(Virginia) -- The NFL team located in the vicinity of Washington — its practice facility is in Virginia, its stadium is in Maryland — has a nickname that can...
article Snyder: The Redskins Will “Never” Change Their Name (5/12/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is adamant – the Washington Redskins will never change their name. This comes the week after a District of...
article MORON ALERT: Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder says that he will 'never' change the team's nickname (5/10/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Daniel Snyder loves the Washington Redskins, and he also owns the Washington Redskins. As long as he's doing the latter, they will always be...
article Redskins.com Interviews 'Inuit Chief' Who Supports Use of Redskins Name (5/4/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Yesterday, the official website of the Washington Redskins published an interview with someone the article says is an Inuit chief. According to the...
article MORON ALERT: Redskins' name may be under fire, but poll finds strong support (5/3/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- It’s been a rough offseason for the Washington Redskins, and not just because of the knee injury to star quarterback Robert Griffin III.
article NEW YORK POST: Sacking the Redskins (3/11/2013)
(New York) -- For years the Washington Redskins have been defending their team name from activists who contend it’s a slur.
article MORON ALERT: If ‘Redskins’ offends, so should other names (2/19/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- The political correctness police have started their ritual (it happens about every 10 years or so) of beating the drums to change the name of the...
article Coshocton officials, former players stand by Redskins name (2/15/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A National Football League team is pointing to Coshocton in defense of its name. The Washington Redskins have been under fire for years from various...
article MORON ALERT: PR purge exacerbates issues with Redskins' offensive nickname (2/13/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- If you ain't got it, don't flaunt it. And the Redskins, despite sitting on a nickname that is by almost all standards entirely offensive,...
article FENNO: Redskins nickname an unwanted ‘honor’ (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- You can buy most anything emblazoned with the name and logo of the Washington Redskins these days: dinner plates, fuzzy dice, handbags, sunglasses,...
article Mascot symposium: ‘Redskins’ racist (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- As a Native American, former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell lists four nicknames he finds offensive: savage, squaw, buck and redskin.
article MORON ALERT: 'We Are Very Proud To Be Called Redskins' (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- "We are very proud of our athletic teams and very proud to be called Redskins!" These are the words of Coshocton High School athletic...
article Redskins go passive-aggressive on nickname debate (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- At a time when many are debating the appropriateness of the Redskins nickname, the team is taking a decidedly passive-aggressive approach.
article Washington Redskins “Proudly” Defend Their Name In The Dumbest Way Possible (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Here in the 21st century, there is a growing sentiment that the Washington Redskins should finally adopt a less offensive team name. DC mayor...
article Where a Redskins player and the Redskins website defend the indefensible (2/11/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington offensive lineman Jordan Black just doesn't understand why people are so upset about old timey racial epithets. He made his opinion...
article COLUMN: What’s in a name? The Redskins’ bad karma (1/8/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- So, Washington football fans, how’s that offensive team name and demeaning sports mascot working out? Whooping and hollering as RGIII goes on...
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Mascot Issue

article Chief Illiniwek Group Pushes for Return of Mascot at Illinois Campus (5/8/2013)
(Illinois) -- The Council of Chiefs, a group made up of former University of Illinois (UI) students who had portrayed Chief Illiniwek, is pushing a plan that would...
article MORON ALERT: Wisch: Return Of Chief Illiniwek Proposed – And Ignored? (5/7/2013)
(Illinois) -- Banished from athletic events at the University of Illinois six years ago, Chief Illiniwek is now standing on the hypothetical sidelines in Champaign,...
article MORON ALERT: Goshen stands by school's 'Redskins' nickname (5/6/2013)
(Indiana) -- A northern Indiana high school's nickname isn't likely to change anytime soon despite efforts around the country to bar its use.
article Some see ‘redskins’ as racist, others say it’s a non-issue (5/6/2013)
(Indiana) -- Here in the Maple City, the call for change is often quite soft. So while other communities and organizations throughout the country have been grappling...
article MORON ALERT: Another View: Native American names are OK (3/6/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Tawas Area Braves. The Bay City Western Warriors. The Chesaning Indians. These nicknames conjure up images of brave warriors battling valiantly for the...
article MORON ALERT: Non-binding vote planned on Chief Illiniwek (3/4/2013)
(Illinois) -- It's been six years since Chief Illiniwek last danced at the University of Illinois. But a student group has put an item on a campus election ballot...
article Uni Watch's Paul Lukas Talks With the Saginaw Chippewas About Their Support for Native Mascots (2/20/2013)
(Michigan) -- Uni Watch's Paul Lukas continues to push the discussion on the use of Native American imagery and names in sports. In an interview published today,...
article Reps want Michigan department to end American Indian mascot complaint (2/12/2013)
(Michigan) -- Here's the update from MPRN's Rick Pluta: Republican lawmakers at the state Capitol have some harsh words for the Michigan Department of Civil...
article Braves backtrack, cave to pressure over 'screaming savage' caps (2/11/2013)
(Georgia) -- The Atlanta Braves angered fans with a questionable decision to put an outdated 'screaming savage' logo on their spring training caps. The team has...
article Indians selling caricature of indian t-shirt on website (2/11/2013)
(Ohio) -- Just when we thought teams had learned their lessons about Native American imagery, the Cleveland Indians have put the above t-shirt for sale on their website...
article Contest for New Illinois Symbol Goes a Bit off the Rails (1/30/2013)
(Illinois) -- As the University of Illinois continues to distance itself from what has been at times a racially insensitive depiction of Native Americans, it has to...
article Superintendent: 'We are not giving up the mascot name fight' (1/25/2013)
(Oregon) -- The superintendent of the Roseburg School District says although they are holding off on filing legal action against the state board's decision on mascot...
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Baby Veronica

article ANTI-NATIVE: Man's Native American roots offer exemption in adoption laws and let him take back daughter from adoptive family (4/16/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- A man was able to use his Native American roots to secure custody of a two-year-old child he had fathered but signed away all custody rights to,...
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

article North Dakota tribes blast Rep. Cramer's remarks at meeting (3/29/2013)
(North Dakota) -- The Spirit Lake Nation and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians are criticizing Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) for comments he made at a...
article North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer Verbally Attacks Native Victim’s Assistance Program Director at State Meeting (3/28/2013)
(North Dakota) -- As the Director of Spirit Lake Victim Assistance, I am a member of three coalitions: First Nations Women’s Alliance, Native Women’s Society...
article Rep. Cramer disputes account of 'tirade' during meeting with American Indians, but apologizes for tone (3/28/2013)
(North Dakota) -- Rep. Kevin Cramer told a gathering of victim-assistance professionals from the state’s American Indian reservations in Bismarck on Tuesday that...
article BACHMANN: Why I voted for the better VAWA (3/22/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Violence against women is tragic and unacceptable, and fighting against domestic violence is not, and should never be, a partisan issue. That’s why...
article BLOG: Top GOP Senator: Native American Juries Are Incapable Of Trying White People Fairly (2/21/2013)
(Iowa) -- Republicans have offered a number of reasons why they oppose the Violence Against Women Act. Some think it’s unconstitutional. Others argue that it...
article ROBERTS: More laws? Enforce what we have (2/19/2013)
(Arizona) -- In case you missed it, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick was a featured speaker in a national press conference Wednesday calling for the Violence Against Women Act to be...
6 Total Articles on this Issue
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Bankruptcy

article ‘Girls Gone Wild’ files for bankruptcy protection, cites disputed debt to Wynn casino (3/1/2013)
(California) -- The company behind the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire has filed for bankruptcy in a move it says is an effort to restructure its legal...
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Oneida Nation

article MORON ALERT: Man arrested in Saturday morning Turning Stone incident (2/23/2013)
(New York) -- A 21-year-old man faces a felony charge for allegedly pulling a fire alarm in the parking garage at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Oneida County sheriff'...
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First Nations Politics

article Assembly of First Nations, RCMP co-operated on response to mass protests in 2007 (2/20/2013)
(Canada) -- The Assembly of First Nations worked closely with the Mounties and provincial police to exchange information about protests and develop common stances before...
article FRUM: The Hunger Strike Diet: You Don't Lose Weight AND You Accomplish Your Goal! (2/1/2013)
(USA) -- The hunger strike by Canadian aboriginal leader Theresa Spence - now just ended - may be the first hunger strike in history staged to prevent attention to the...
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Bigfoot

article MORON ALERT: U.S. scientist claims to have found DNA of Bigfoot - but is charging to see her results (in a journal she set up) (2/17/2013)
(Texas) -- A Texas-based vet who claimed to have found DNA evidence of Bigfoot has finally published her findings - in a journal she set up.
article Bigfoot genome paper “conclusively proves” that Sasquatch is real (2/13/2013)
(USA) -- It's not often you come across a scientific paper which notes that the information it covers is like something "seen on the television series Monster...
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Fighting Sioux

article ‘Fighting Sioux’ supporters make appeal case (2/15/2013)
(North Dakota) -- The Sioux people of the Spirit Lake Tribe are “indispensable parties” who should not have been denied a seat at the table as the University...
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Idle No More

article Torys sidestep criticism about public mocking of Theresa Spence (1/31/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Conservative government defended its handling of aboriginal issues Thursday and sidestepped disparaging comments made by two members of Stephen Harper...
article Conservative MP and senator belittle Chief Theresa Spence, Idle No More movement (1/30/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Two members of Stephen Harper’s Conservative caucus — an elected MP and a senator — publicly disparaged the Idle No More movement and...
article Senator knocks Theresa Spence during Orléans dinner (1/30/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The guest speaker stole the show at a dinner for a local provincial PC candidate on Jan. 29. Many of the 80-plus people at the Orléans legion wanted to shake...
article EDITORIAL: Overdue end to pathetic sideshow (1/25/2013)
(Toronto) -- While Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence was mesmerizing the gullible with her bogus hunger strike, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair was avoiding any association...
article Morris Mirror's Racist Cartoon And Editorial Prompt Non-Apology (1/19/2013)
(Manitoba) -- A racist cartoon and editorial published in Manitoba's Morris Mirror have prompted a stunning non-apology from the paper's editor.
article 'Racist' view getting support, rural Manitoba editor says (1/18/2013)
(Manitoba) -- The editor of a small-town Manitoba newspaper at the centre of a firestorm over comments that labelled some aboriginal people lazy, corrupt and terrorists...
article Manitoba newspaper sparks furor with racist editorial (1/17/2013)
(Manitoba) -- The mayor of the southern Manitoba town of Morris is furious over what he calls racist comments about aboriginal people in a recent edition of the...
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Other News

article South Dakota Officials Miss Historic Meeting With Tribes (5/15/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Federal officials met with South Dakota's nine Sioux tribes on Wednesday for a historic summit in Rapid City. A year in the making, it was an...
article Senator Patrick Brazeau will fight order to repay $48,000 in expenses (5/14/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Senator Patrick Brazeau says he will fight a committee order that he pay back tens of thousands of dollars in living and travel expenses, making him the...
article Senator Patrick Brazeau to fight order to repay $48,744 in expenses (5/14/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Senator Patrick Brazeau will fight an order to repay nearly $50,000 in living and travel expenses associated with his home in Gatineau, Que., which a Senate...
article MORON ALERT: The mysterious Dr Glidden (5/14/2013)
(California) -- The Catalina Island Museum has opened an exhibit dedicated to a notorious Native American grave robber who presided over an 'Indian museum' built...
article DDoS-for-hire sevices turn to mainstream advertising (5/14/2013)
(USA) -- DDoS services for hire – so-called “booters” that can be hired to knock, or boot, a website offline – are making their way out of the...
article Road-builder bulldozes one of biggest Maya pyramids in Belize; police open criminal probe (5/13/2013)
(Belize) -- A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-...
article Cambridge's infamous 'Caesarian Sunday' passes without incident - Native American headdresses notwithstanding (5/8/2013)
(UK) -- The quiet serenity of families enjoying a sunny bank holiday weekend in Cambridge city centre was punctured on Sunday afternoon as 1,000 Cambridge University...
article MORON ALERT: 'Indian Kill EP' Causes Controversy and Earns Swift Apology (5/3/2013)
(UK) -- London-born, Germany-based DJ TAI ran into a firestorm of controversy with his latest EP, released on the Dim Mak label owned by Steve Aoki, but issued an...
article Fox Defends Controversial Pro-Gun Billboard Despite Native American Complaints (4/30/2013)
(Colorado) -- Fox News defended a billboard that uses images of Native Americans to push a pro-gun agenda, claiming the message is not offensive despite widespread...
article B.C. NDP candidate quits over racist remarks on 1st campaign day (4/16/2013)
(British Columbia) -- The B.C. NDP dropped Kelowna-Mission candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk on the first day of the provincial election campaign over controversial comments...
article OP/ED: A Tomahawk Chop to Political Correctness (4/11/2013)
(USA) -- Every so often some numbskull beats the politically correct war drum protesting the names of sports teams. The terminally disconnected claim the names of the...
article Officers Commended For Tackling Gunman (4/7/2013)
(UK) -- Two officers have been praised for their courageous actions after wrestling an armed man – who was dressed as native American Indian – to the ground.
article Native Happy Meal Characters: Now You See Them, Now You Don't (4/6/2013)
(Virginia) -- In what might just be a blip on the cultural radar, a pair of cartoonish Native American characters tied to a McDonald's Happy Meal campaign appeared...
article Peru: Heavy machinery destroys Nazca lines (4/6/2013)
(Peru) -- A group of ancient lines in the archaeological zone of Buenos Aires, in Nazca, have been destroyed by heavy machinery, El Comercio reported.
article Chief Enlists Snoop Dogg and Pocahotties for 'Blowed' Music Video (4/5/2013)
(Canada) -- Fans of rapper Snoop Dogg, these days known as Snoop Lion, had reason to be excited today -- the single "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks," featuring Miley...
article Pittsburgh Student Propagates Stereotypes in WSJ Letter (4/4/2013)
(New York) -- All Native American students get into college easily and for free, right? Hardly. But it’s a common misconception among the uneducated populace, many...
article Racist Nanaimo Newspaper Letter Rebuttal: Educate Canadians To Be Knowledgeable Citizens (4/3/2013)
(Canada) -- This article is a response to the letter to the editor published on March 27, 2013, by the Nanaimo Daily News, written by Don Olsen, which has since been...
article Tribe says LePage threatened Passamaquoddy over elvers during ‘enraged’ phone call (4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- Gov. Paul LePage issued an ultimatum to the Passamaquoddy tribe Monday morning: Play by the state’s fishing rules or face consequences from his office,...
article Braley apologizes for ‘trail of tears’ tweet (3/31/2013)
(Iowa) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley quickly deleted a Twitter message he posted Thursday night that linked basketball fans’ heartbreak with a tragic...
article Facing national GOP rebuke, Young apologizes for ethnic slur (3/29/2013)
(Alaska) -- The national leaders of both major political parties condemned Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young on Friday for calling California farm workers "wetbacks,...

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