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Goodbye “Redskins”: Maine is Free of Offensive Names in High Schools
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In a 4-1 decision on Monday, May 7, the Sanford School Committee voted to stop using the ugly team name that is so offensive to American Indians generally and, locally, to Maine’s Wabanaki nations – the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet and Micmac tribal nations.

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6/18/2013

article Must-See Video: Tawainese Animators Take on the Racist Redskins
(USA) -- The Tawainese company Next Media Animation, which skyrocketed to pop culture cult status with its infamous 2009 Tiger Woods video, has turned its sights on Dan...

6/16/2013

article HARJO: NFL Commissioner Uses Faulty Evidence to Justify Washington Football Team's Name
(Washington D.C.) -- In his June 5 letter to members of Congress, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, relies on the same faulty evidence as does the Washington franchise to...

6/15/2013

article LEONARD PITTS Jr.: 'Redskins' is a curse word
(Washington D.C.) -- See if this makes sense to you: For years, I've argued with certain African-American people about their insistence upon using the so-called N-...

6/14/2013

article Report: Redskins look to consultant in nickname fight
(Washington D.C.) -- Luntz Global, the word-doctor company run by Republican political consultant Frank Luntz, is entering the fray over the nickname for the Washington...
article Why The Washington Redskins Will Never Change Their Name
(Washington D.C.) -- In a page out of the 1990s, the issue of Native American sports nicknames is cropping up again. Specifically, the Washington Redskins are suddenly...

6/13/2013

article Around the Web: Reactions to NFL Boss Goodell Supporting Redskins Name
(New York) -- Wednesday, news broke that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had written a letter to Congress defending the "Redskins" name of Dan Snyder's...
article Controversy over 'Redskins' name heats up in both Washingtons
(Washington D.C.) -- The controversy over Native American mascots is reaching a fever pitch in both Washington's amidst calls to drop the Redskins moniker from Port...
article NFL commissioner defends Redskins team name in letter to Congress
(USA) -- National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell defended the Washington Redskins’ nickname in a letter to members of Congress who recently complained...
article Bell: Redskins have a history of bigotry
(USA) -- Dan Snyder is blowing it. The owner of Washington's NFL franchise has an opportunity to make a bold statement in the name of social progress by discarding...
article Enough: An open letter to Dan Snyder
(USA) -- Dear Dan Snyder, History tends to be unkind to those who make bold proclamations against change.1 You have made it crystal clear that you believe there is...
article Goodell's Defense of 'Redskins' Name Is Unacceptable
(USA) -- With his letter defending the Washington Redskins' name, Roger Goodell has taken the wrong side in a debate that shouldn't be a debate at all.
article Goodell, Congress Both Wrong in Redskins Name Debate
(Washington D.C.) -- For now, at least, the controversial name of the District's football team is here to stay. Last time we met up to talk about this — it...
article OK Seriously, It's Time for the Washington Redskins to Change Their Racist Name
(Washington D.C.) -- For many people, myself included, the term “Redskin” is a racial slur one would only use with the intent to disparage Native Americans....
article Opinion: 'Redskins' a relic of a racist age
(Alberta) -- Earlier this month 10 members of the U.S. Congress asked the owner of the Washington Redskins, Dan Snyder, to change the football team's name. Among...
article Roger Goodell and the Buffoonery in Washington, D.C.
(USA) -- How can this be happening in 2013? The definition of the word is "disparaging and offensive" to Native Americans. How can the leader of the most...
article Roger Goodell, In Defending 'Redskins' Name, Must Think That People Are Stupid
(USA) -- The Washington area's National Football League team has a racist name, "the Redskins," and renewed pressure is mounting on the team to do...
article The movement is gaining traction, but should the Redskins change their name?
(USA) -- Owner Daniel Snyder has already stated that the Redskins will never change their name. Roger Goodell has publicly defended the Redskins' name, saying that...
article The Washington Redskins: What’s In A Name?
(Washington D.C.) -- For years there has been talk about changing the Washington Redskins name, due to the negative connotation it has. But for the past several months,...
article 'Redskins' nickname discontinuation now on hold at Teton High School in Driggs
(Idaho) -- Plans to discontinue the "Redskins" mascot and logo for Teton High School in Driggs, east of Rexburg, are now on hold. Superintendent Monte...
article Petitioners demand halt to high school mascot change
(Idaho) -- An online petition drive demanding Teton School District Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme “cease and desist” from eliminating the high school...
article Teton High School drops Redskins as mascot
(Idaho) -- “Redskins” is no longer the mascot for Teton High School. Citing respect and honor for Native Americans, Teton School District Superintendent...

6/12/2013

article Congress Members Respond to NFL Commissioner's Support for 'Redskins' Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Two members of Congress, Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) and Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) have issued responses to the June 5 letter sent by NFL...
article Frank Luntz hired by Washington football team to convince people name isn’t horribly racist
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington, D.C.-area NFL franchise has commissioned veteran Republican pollster Frank Luntz to conduct some focus groups to see how American...
article MORON ALERT: Roger Goodell defends Redskins nickname in a letter to Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- At a Super Bowl press conference in February, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell deftly handled a question concerning the political correctness of the...
article NFL Commissioner Goodell Defends Redskins Nickname
(New York) -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the Washington Redskins nickname is "unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect."
article The Biggest Problem With The Team Name Redskins Lies With The NFL's Unique Labor Market
(New York) -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently penned a letter to Congress seeking to defend the NFL team from Washington D.C.’s use of the moniker “...
article The Redskins Try to Focus-Group Racism
(Washington D.C.) -- If you were the owner of a professional football team with a racist name from a bygone era, what would you do?

6/11/2013

article Goodell defends Redskins name in letter to Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- The nickname of the Washington pro football team is "a unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect," NFL...
article BLOG: I don't need Daniel Snyder's, NFL's permission to stop saying R-word
(New York) -- I'm not out to change the world or the NFL or what you believe. My plan is to change me and how I operate. Beyond the period at the end of this...
article NFL Commissioner Tells Congress 'Redskins' Is a Positive Name
(USA) -- Ten members of Congress sent a letter May 13 to Daniel Snyder, owner of the NFL’s Washington, D.C., franchise, urging him to change the club's name....

6/7/2013

article Mark Abley: 'Redskins' a Relic of a Racist Age
(Washington D.C.) -- Award-winning Canadian poet, editor and journalist Mark Abley recently wrote a "Watchwords" opinion column for the Montreal Gazette...

6/3/2013

article Newsweek/Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky: The Racist Redskins
(New York) -- For Newsweek/Daily Beast special correspondent Michael Tomasky, there's no debate about whether the Washington, D.C. NFL team's name is racist--of...
article Goshen HS mascot temporarily removed 'to be respectful of differing views'
(Indiana) -- Do you think Native Americans should be used as sports mascots? If you think that is fine, should names that are considered racist slurs like "redskins...

6/2/2013

article Column: Redskins’ Name Fight Shows Diversity Loosely Embraced
(USA) -- I first heard of the debate over the name “Washington Redskins,” decades ago. Nothing was done. And despite ownership changes and generally more...
article Members of Congress Push Defiant Redskins Owner to Change Team Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Ten members of Congress recently sent a letter to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team’s name, the latest attempt in a...
article Non-Indian Sports Columnist Thinks American Indians Who Aren’t Offended by Redskins are “Uncle Toms”
(USA) -- Mike Freeman had two qualifications as a sports writer. A college degree and a willingness to casually throw around accusations of racism. But then it turned...
article Upon further review: Fail to the Redskins
(Pennsylvania) -- The battle to get the Washington Redskins to change their nickname has been going on for more than 20 years - to no avail.

6/1/2013

article Doc: Nicknames can sting
(Ohio) -- It’s a tiresome debate, until you find yourself fully in its midst. Redskins Nickname v. World: It’s an easy 700 words for a sports columnist....
article Redskins Name Change: Is Time Running Out For Racist Team Names?
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington Redskins have stirred up a fresh wave of controversy amid new calls for the team to finally change its name, which some consider to...
article Redskins not offensive to you? How about the Washington N-Words?
(Washington D.C.) -- This week 10 members of Congress sent letters to the owner of the Washington Redskins, the commissioner of the NFL and all NFL teams. It was a...
article Should the FCC rename the Washington Redskins? No!
(Philadelphia) -- Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder refuses to change the name of his team. Should we do it for him? More specifically, should the media no longer...
article Chief’s last stand?
(Indiana) -- Based on previous recommendations from an athletic council formed years ago to study the appropriateness of Goshen High School’s “Redskins...
article Indiana School Removes Indian Chief Mascot Statue for Graduation
(Indiana) -- A wooden statue of an American Indian Chief representing an Indiana school's "Redskins" mascot has been removed from the gym temporarily for a...

5/31/2013

article Changing the Terrible Name of Washington’s Football Franchise
(Washington D.C.) -- A group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, as U.S. News' Lauren Fox reports, is calling on Washington, D.C.'s National Football League franchise...
article TOMASKY: The Racist Redskins
(Washington D.C.) -- There’s a debate brewing—yet again—about whether the name of Washington’s football team is racist. Of course it is, says...
article What A Lawsuit Against The Redskins Could Mean For The Brand
(Washington D.C.) -- Once again, the long-standing controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins is in the news. In May, 10 members of Congress sent a letter to...

5/30/2013

article Democrat blasts Redskins for 'disturbing' refusal to change NFL team's name
(Washington D.C.) -- Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is intensifying the pressure on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change the team's nickname.
article Lawmakers increase pressure to change Redskins' name
(Washington D.C.) -- If the "disturbing" name of the Washington Redskins were derogatory toward African-Americans, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said...
article Rep. McCollum to Snyder: Change Racist Team Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) has joined with nine other members of Congress and more than 50 tribes and organizations in urging Dan...
article White House spokesman punts on Redskins team name question
(Washington D.C.) -- White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday he wasn't sure whether President Obama has an opinion on the controversy surrounding the...

5/29/2013

article HARJO: Fighting Racist Stereotypes in Sports, One Poll at a Time, Part II
(Washington D.C.) -- The first part of this story covered the AP-GfK “nationwide” poll that sampled 1,004 persons about keeping or changing the racist name...
article MORON ALERT: Retired Native American Chief Would Be Offended If Redskins Did Change Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Days ago, ten members of Congress sent letters to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, and the team’s stadium naming...
article Redskins Name Change: Why It Needs to Happen
(Washington D.C.) -- In what is becoming an increasingly uncomfortable “situation” for the NFL and the Washington Redskins franchise, a handful of...
article Redskins name change: Will Congress make team act?
(Washington D.C.) -- Can Capitol Hill get the Washington Redskins to change their name? That’s a live question in D.C. Wednesday since 10 members of Congress have...
article The Fight Over the Washington Redskins Moves to Capitol Hill
(Washington D.C.) -- The fight over the Washington Redskins' team name has moved from the team's headquarters in Ashburn, Va., crossed the Potomac River and...
article The Redskins: Lawmakers pressure owner to change the team name
(Washington D.C.) -- A group of nine Democratic House lawmakers and one Republican sent a letter on Tuesday to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner...

5/28/2013

article Congress Has Had Enough of the Redskins
(Washington D.C.) -- In Congress, the most controversial thing about the Washington Redskins isn't the status of quarterback Robert Griffin III's right knee, or...
article Congress Members to Daniel Snyder: Change Your Team's Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Ten members of Congress sent a letter last week to Daniel Snyder, owner of the NFL’s Washington, D.C., franchise, urging him to change the...
article Congressman Urges Redskins to Change Name
(Washington D.C.) -- Ten members of congress have sent letters urging Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team’s name. Snyder recently has stated...
article Members of Congress urge Redskins to change name
(Washington D.C.) -- Ten members of Congress are urging the Washington Redskins to change their name because it is offensive to many Native Americans.
press release Members of Congress urge change of offensive Washington team name
(Washington D.C.) -- Ten Members of Congress recently sent a letter to Mr. Dan Snyder, owner of the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington franchise, urging...

5/26/2013

article The Pulse: Calling them by their name
(Pennsylvania) -- Redskins owner Daniel Snyder refuses to change the name of his team. Should we do it for him? More specifically, should the media no longer recognize...

5/17/2013

article A Name Change for the Redskins: Unpopular, Insufficient, and Necessary
(USA) -- Changing the NFL franchise's name won't go over well with diehard fans, nor will it reverse American history. But there's no excuse for continuing...

5/15/2013

article HARJO: Fighting Racist Stereotypes in Sports One Poll at a Time
(Washington D.C.) -- A thousand people were asked in April if the Washington NFL franchise should change its name and (shocker) 79 percent said no.
article Three Virginia Indian tribes not offended by Redskins
(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...

5/14/2013

article Woody: American Indians in Va. have no problem with “Redskins”
(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...

5/13/2013

article BLOG: How Much Would It Cost Dan Snyder To Rebrand The Redskins?
(Washington D.C.) -- Last week, I wrote about how the owner of Washington’s National Football League team promised to never change that team’s derogatory...
article Racist Redskin: Resolving Anglo Ignorance About Naming Natives
(Washington D.C.) -- Here's an idea. It follows the stunning recent report that 79 percent of people polled want the Redskins football team to keep its name. In the...

5/12/2013

article Snyder: The Redskins Will “Never” Change Their Name
(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...

5/11/2013

article Why ‘NEVER’ Abandoning ‘Redskins’ As His Team’s Name Might Soon Cost Dan Snyder A Lot Of Money
(USA) -- The never-ending dispute over whether the National Football League’s Washington Redskins should change their name is heating up again.

5/10/2013

article MORON ALERT: Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder says that he will 'never' change the team's nickname
(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 NEW YORKER: Redskins Forever?
(Washington D.C.) -- Over the past half century, hundreds of high-school and college athletic programs, facing opposition from students or simply coming to their senses...
article Washington Redskin owner Snyder will not change name of team
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington Redskin owner Daniel Snyder said Thursday that as long as he owns the team, the name will never be changed.

5/4/2013

article OP/ED: This Editorial Defending The Redskins' Name Is Just So Goddamn Dumb
(USA) -- The Washington Times decided to publish an editorial titled "Hail to the Redtails?" in which some moron tries to argue that changing the name of the...
article Redskins.com Interviews 'Inuit Chief' Who Supports Use of Redskins Name
(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 RG3: The Redskins Name and the 'Tyranny of Political Correctness'
(Washington D.C.) -- RG3, perhaps better known as Robert Griffin III, the star quarterback of the Washington Redskins has taken to Twitter to air his views about the D.C...

5/3/2013

article MORON ALERT: Redskins' name may be under fire, but poll finds strong support
(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 Navajo woman from Arizona at forefront of fight to change NFL team’s name
(Washington D.C.) -- Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman.
article The Dubious Logic of 'The Washington Times' on the Redskins Issue
(Washington D.C.) -- In an editorial posted online yesterday, The Washington Times examined the recent news of Washington, D.C. Council member David Grosso proposing to...
article Washington Redskins: Native Americans see red
(Washington D.C.) -- Since 1939, indigineous groups in the United States have protested the name of Washington's National Football League team, the Redskins, saying...

5/1/2013

article In debate over Redskins name, is the ‘R-word’ for racism or respect?
(Washington D.C.) -- Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman.

4/30/2013

article D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
(Washington D.C.) -- A D.C. Council member is preparing to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins to change its name, perhaps to the Washington...
article Washington Redskins 'racist' logo should change to RedTails: councilman
(Washington) -- If David Grosso owned an NFL team in Washington, he'd call them the RedTails instead of the "racist and derogatory" current name, the...

4/25/2013

article Art installation touches on Redskins name controversy
(Washington D.C.) -- Hey, it’s been a while since the Redskins name thing showed up in a random part of the paper, leading me to write something about it, leading...

4/10/2013

article Offensiveness, Obscenity & the Washington Redskins
(Washington D.C.) -- It is only a matter of time before the Washington Redskins change their team name. Public pressure is growing on the popular professional football...

4/6/2013

article Debate Over Washington Redskins Name Intensifies in Recent Months
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington Redskins name controversy dates back many decades. Opponents of the Redskins have long argued that the name is racist, calling the...
article Do local lawmakers think the Redskins should lose their trademark? No comment.
(Washington D.C.) -- When it comes to deciding whether the Redskins should keep their trademark, Congress now has the ball. But local lawmakers don’t appear eager...
article Politico: Liberal Ex-FCC Leaders Want 'Redskins' Team Name Banned as a TV Obscenity
(USA) -- Proving that liberalism is moving the entire world of profanity into the realm of supporting what they see as embattled minorities – like the gay F-bomb...
article Three former FCC Commissioners claim Redskins name is “indecent”
(Washington D.C.) -- The attack on the Redskins’ name continues in Washington. According to Politico.com, three former FCC Commissioners (along with others) have...

4/5/2013

article Distinguished Group, Including Sonny Skyhawk, Asks Dan Snyder to Change Name of His D.C. NFL Team
(Washington D.C.) -- A bi-partisan group of former FCC officials, including former chairman Reed Hundt, and distinguished practitioners, including Sonny Skyhawk, before...
article Opinion: Dan Snyder should change his team’s name
(Washington D.C.) -- Pretending that I was once again, for only a day, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), I co-signed a letter this week to Dan...
article The Other Redskins: High Schools Debate Dropping a Controversial Mascot
(USA) -- The Washington, D.C., NFL team is not the only one facing questions about using the name Redskins. High schools across the country are debating whether to...

4/4/2013

article Native American mascots: Pride or prejudice?
(USA) -- Suzan Shown Harjo remembers when she walked into a store with her grandfather in El Reno, Oklahoma. She wanted to get something cool to drink on a summer day....
article Opinion: Whether to challenge or protect offensive trademarks
(USA) -- How would you feel about a wine called "Khoran?" Apparently, the word "Khoran" is Armenian for altar, which is why a company sought to...

3/29/2013

article Should the U.S. Congress Be in the Business of Telling Businesses What They Can Name Themselves?
(Washington D.C.) -- Recently, Del. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, a Democrat representing American Samoa, has put forth the Non-Disparagement of American Indians in Trademarks...
article ‘Redskins’ Trademark Cancellation Bill Sent to Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- "No Redskins" A group of US House Members have offered a bill that would prohibit the term “Redskins” from being trademarked,...

3/27/2013

article Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation
(Washington D.C.) -- On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) and nine co-sponsors in hopes to ban the...

3/26/2013

article Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation
(Colorado) -- On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) and nine co-sponsors in hopes to ban the trademarking of...

3/24/2013

article Whether to challenge or protect offensive trademarks
(Washington D.C.) -- How would you feel about a wine called "Khoran?" Apparently, the word "Khoran" is Armenian for altar, which is why a company...

3/23/2013

press release NARF Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Legislation to Curtail Offensive "Redskin" Trademark
(Colorado) -- The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) fully supports the introduction of H.R. 1278, a new landmark bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would...

3/21/2013

article A New Generation Takes on the Redskins; Asks Team’s Lawyers to Buy New Dictionaries
(Washington D.C.) -- Amanda Blackhorse, a 31-year-old Navajo social worker, was in Alexandria, Virginia in early March to begin the next phase of getting the National...
article Congressional intervention on Redskins name?
(Washington D.C.) -- Legislation has now been introduced in the House of Representatives that would strip the Washington Redskins of federal trademark protection for the...
article House Introduces Bill to Ban Racist 'Redskins' Trademark
(Washington D.C.) -- A new law banning the trademarking of the term “redskins” and other racist language against Native Americans may accomplish what a...

3/20/2013

article Bill in Congress challenges Redskins trademark
(Washington D.C.) -- The controversy over the Washington Redskins team name has spilled into Congress. Legislation was introduced Wednesday that would cancel the NFL...

3/16/2013

article HARJO: Tell NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Stop Washington's owner from being racist
(Washington D.C.) -- I live in Washington, DC, and while I'd love to root for my home football team, I just can’t do it. I’m Cheyenne and Muscogee and I...

3/15/2013

article BLOG: Remember when Dan Snyder promised never to change his team’s name?
(Washington D.C.) -- One last thing on this topic and then I’m done. I hope. Maybe. Hey, it’s not like I have a bunch of free agent signings to obsess over.

3/12/2013

article Navajo woman challenges Washington Redskins 'offensive' name
(Arizona) -- A Navajo woman was in Virginia last week to argue that the Washington Redskins should not be allowed to trademark what she and other Native Americans see as...

3/11/2013

article New York Post Offers Lame Defense of Washington Football Team's Name
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington football team's racial slur of an official name has a new vocal defender today in the editorial board of The New York Post.
article NEW YORK POST: Sacking the Redskins
(New York) -- For years the Washington Redskins have been defending their team name from activists who contend it’s a slur.
article WISE: Redskins name goes before federal trademark board, but for this writer, there’s no debate
(Washington D.C.) -- I want to see both sides in this. I really do. But two hours after the meaning of the name of Washington’s pro football team was vigorously...

3/10/2013

article Editorial: Sacking the Redskins
(New York) -- For years the Washington Redskins have been defending their team name from activists who contend it’s a slur. The battle was renewed Thursday, when a...
article Navajo woman challenges Washington Redskins “offensive” name
(Virginia) -- A Navajo woman was in Virginia on Thursday to argue that the Washington Redskins should not be allowed to trademark what she and other Native Americans see...
article WISE: Redskins name goes before federal trademark board, but for this writer, there’s no debate
(Washington D.C.) -- I want to see both sides in this. I really do. But two hours after the meaning of the name of Washington’s pro football team was vigorously...

3/9/2013

article Battle Over Redskins Name Goes Before Federal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
(Washington D.C.) -- The long-running battle over the Washington Redskins name gets a restart today, Thursday, March 7, when a group of Native Americans goes before the...
article Column: How many Indians must feel disparaged to strip ‘Redskins’ trademark protection?
(Washington D.C.) -- Question: How many Native Americans have to feel disparaged by the name “Redskins” before the federal government strips the team of its...
article Washington Redskins Name is So Racist They're Getting Sued Again
(USA) -- The Cleveland Indians. The Atlanta Braves.The Florida State Seminoles. The Chicago Blackhawks. And last, but not least, the Washington Redskins.

3/8/2013

article The Redskins Hold First Court Hearing On Changing Team Name
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington Redskins’ team name has been a topic of fierce debate and discussion for years now in D.C., and it seems as if the issue of a...
article BLACKHORSE: Why the R*dsk*ns Need to Change Their Name
(USA) -- The Washington NFL team needs to change its name. I am a proud member of the Navajo Nation and it demeans me and other Native Americans. I find the casual use...
article Oneida Indian Nation Congratulates Cooperstown Central School Board for Voting to Remove Redskins Mascot
(New York) -- The Cooperstown Central School Board of Education voted 6-1 Wednesday, March 6, to remove the Redskins mascot from its interscholastic athletic,...

3/7/2013

article Challenge to Redskins name begins
(Virginia) -- Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen attended his first trademark hearing Thursday. He heard lawyers and judges fuss over dictionaries, surveys...
article The Washington Redskins' Trademark Might Be Too Offensive to Be Legal
(Washington D.C.) -- It took tax evasion to bring down Capone. A Native American group hopes that another arcane economic law — trademarks — can do the same...

3/6/2013

article Washington Football Team Headed to Trademark Hearing
(Washington D.C.) -- The case over whether the Washington football team's name is a trademark violation is set to be revived tomorrow in the federal Trademark Trial...

3/3/2013

article When Tony Kornheiser wrote about the Redskins nickname
(Washington D.C.) -- Holy cow, now every single media member in the world has written about the Redskins name this week. Latest additions: Sally Jenkins, Andrew Sharp,...

3/2/2013

article Does Anyone Support D.C.'s NFL Team Using the Name Redskins? ESPN's 'Outside the Lines' Struggles to Find a Supporter
(Washington D.C.) -- ESPN's Emmy Award-winning investigative news program Outside the Lines recently examined the Redskins naming controversy.

2/28/2013

article R*dskins Last Stand? Reflections on Racist Stereotypes in American Sport
(Washington) -- While Native American mascots appear to be fairly easy to decipher, they in fact present a number of unappreciated and unexplored complexities.
article Students Vote To Drop 'Redskins'
(New York) -- Students at Cooperstown Central School recently voted to stop calling their sport teams the Redskins. In turn, an Indian tribe offered to pay for new team...

2/25/2013

article Notah Begay calls Redskins nickname ‘institutionalized degradation’
(Washington) -- When white columnists like Mike Wise or Robert McCartney write about the Redskins nickname, a whole bunch of Skins fans say they aren’t interested...

2/24/2013

article Notah Begay, Mark Trahant Discuss Washington Redskins Naming Issue on ESPN's 'Outside the Lines'
(USA) -- At 3 p.m./EST today, Friday, February 22, pro golfer Notah Begay, Navajo/San Felipe/Isleta, and journalist Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, will discuss...

2/22/2013

article Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
(Washington D.C.) -- At the corner of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, in Anacostia, a totem pole will rise from a plain patch of vacant ground this spring.

2/19/2013

article D.C. News Anchor Jim Vance on the 'Vulgar' Redskins Name: 'The Name Sucks. We Need to Get Rid of It.'
(Washington D.C.) -- Jim Vance, the evening news anchor of NBC 4 WRC in Washington D.C., has been a longtime and vocal opponent of that city's NFL club using...
article MORON ALERT: If ‘Redskins’ offends, so should other names
(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...

2/17/2013

article S.E. RUCKMAN: Confessions of a Washington Redskin
(USA) -- I inwardly cringe when I see a stereotypical reference to anything Native. It is usually the visual that cuts the deepest, whether it’s the nondescript...

2/16/2013

article COLUMN: Despite Redskins’ claims, concern over name isn’t political correctness run wild
(Washington D.C.) -- The only morally defensible argument for keeping the name of Washington’s professional football team is that people (like me) who wish to...

2/15/2013

article Coshocton officials, former players stand by Redskins name
(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 Washington Redskins: A Racist Team Name That Some Journalists Are Refusing To Say
(Washington D.C.) -- Journalists are adopting an increasingly tight-lipped method for dealing with style and usage disputes: When they object to a term, they simply stop...

2/14/2013

article Anti-Redskins Momentum Keeps Building, Provokes Spectacular Backlash
(Washington D.C.) -- To keep or drop the name of the NFL franchise based in Washington, DC? That is the question. The name -- "Redskins," considered the worst...
article BLOG: 4 Reasons a Redskins Name Change Should Not Bother You
(Washington D.C.) -- With the Redskins mascot name change being a hot topic in Washington DC the last two days, I give concrete reasons why fans shouldn't be so...
article BOWEN: Let’s rethink Redskins’ hurtful name
(Washington D.C.) -- There has been a lot of talk recently about whether the Washington Redskins should change their name. Several Washington Post writers, in addition...
article New York Students Vote to Change Redskins Mascot
(New York) -- The Washington football team isn’t the only one with the offensive Redskins moniker. But on February 4, students at Cooperstown Central School...

2/13/2013

article ESPN: Native Americans speak on sports imagery
(USA) -- As the debate over the use of Native American imagery by sports teams continues to heat up, the discussion is particularly intense in our nation's capital,...
article JENKINS: On Washington Redskins’ name, it’s time the grown-ups talk sense into Daniel Snyder
(Washington D.C.) -- If you’ve long suspected that football is not a measure of intellect, the proof is currently posted for all to see on the Washington Redskins...
article MORON ALERT: PR purge exacerbates issues with Redskins' offensive nickname
(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 Redkins' Defensive Tales of High School 'Pride' Fail to Convince
(Washington D.C.) -- Public sentiment against the Washington Redskins team name and mascot seems to be picking up steam -- but what of the Redskins organization itself?...
article Redskins website renews defense of team name
(Washington D.C.) -- As the debate continues to intensify over the Redskins moniker, the team's official website has launched a new defense of the name.

2/11/2013

article FENNO: Redskins nickname an unwanted ‘honor’
(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
(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 MEDIA HEROES: We Are Very Proud to Omit the Name of the Local NFL Team
(Washington D.C.) -- As a website devoted to chronicling the things that interest readers in and around Washington, D.C., DCist tries to include as much coverage of the...
article MORON ALERT: 'We Are Very Proud To Be Called Redskins'
(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 Post Ombudsman Weighs in on Football Team's Name
(Washington D.C.) -- The ranks inside The Washington Post that are uneasy with writing the name of the Washington football team are continuing to grow. And the latest...
article Redskins go passive-aggressive on nickname debate
(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
(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
(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...

2/10/2013

article REDSKINS: The clock is now ticking on changing the name
(Washington D.C.) -- It's an awkward fact of life in Washington DC that we are home to both the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the...

2/9/2013

article Patrick Pexton: Listening to Native Americans
(Washington D.C.) -- The Post recently published a spate of columns, by different writers, calling for the local National Football League team’s nickname to be...
article Redskins name roundly criticized as racist during event at Smithsonian
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington Redskins team name was lambasted as “racist” and “demeaning” during a daylong symposium Thursday at the...

2/8/2013

article After More Than 20 Years, Push To Change 'Redskins' Name Continues
(Washington D.C.) -- Native American groups have pushed the Washington Redskins to change its name for more than 20 years, arguing that the moniker is offensive and...
article MILLOY: Gridiron glory will never be ours again with a team named the ‘Redskins’
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington football fans will fight to keep that team name. Bless you for wanting to cling to those sweet memories. Sorry to have to tell you this,...
article Redskins name change demanded at Smithsonian forum
(Washington D.C.) -- No one mentioned ticket price increases or jettisoned cornerbacks. And there was only a single reference to RGIII’s knee.
article Redskins name deemed ‘racial slur’ as Smithsonian panelists discuss stereotypes in sports
(Washington D.C.) -- Hurtful names and racial stereotypes of all types were discussed and dissected Thursday in a daylong symposium at the Smithsonian, and the...
article Redskins nickname takes a beating at Smithsonian symposium on racist stereotypes in sports
(Washington D.C.) -- As a Native American, former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell lists four nicknames he finds offensive: savage, squaw, buck and redskin.

2/6/2013

article American Indian museum tackles racism in US sports
(Washington D.C.) -- The Washington Redskins' team name has been the subject of legal battles, political debate and now will be part of a scholarly discussion at the...
article BLOG: The Director of the Indian Museum Says It’s Time to Retire the Indian Motif in Sports
(Washington D.C.) -- When Kevin Gover was a kid growing up in Norman, Oklahoma, college students at the nearby University of Oklahoma had begun protesting the school...
article Column: Drop ‘Redskins’ name? Time to take a stand.
(Washington D.C.) -- I am a passionate fan and season-ticket holder of the Washington professional football franchise. In more than 31 / 2 years as a columnist, I have...
article Racist Stereotypes in Sports to be Discussed at NMAI Thursday
(Washington D.C.) -- On Thursday, February 7, the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC will host "Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation...
article Vincent Gray won’t say ‘Redskins’ in State of the District address
(Washington D.C.) -- On the one hand, any item having to do with the Redskins nickname is stale and overdone and repetitive and makes readers hate me and lessens my...

1/29/2013

article MILLOY: Washington Redskins and Negro Mountain: Two offensive names that need to be changed
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington Redskins, meet Negro Mountain. One is the name of our hometown football team; the other a mountain ridge that stretches from Western...
article ‘Redskins’ again on defense over nickname
(Washington D.C.) -- As the fight over UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname begins to recede, another long-running dispute over an American Indian-themed sports nickname...

1/23/2013

article KADER: The Redskins Can Change Their Name, But People Will Remain the Same`
(New York) -- This year has gotten off to quite a start with Idle No More and now the Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent Gray chiming in on a franchise name change for the...

1/20/2013

article NCAI Supports D.C. Mayor Gray in Calling for Redskins Name Change
(Washington D.C.) -- Invoking such historically-significant moments as the civil rights movement and the integration of professional sports, the National Congress of...
article Robert Griffin III Won't Stand Up Against Redskins Name, Says Columnist
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington Post columnist Mike Wise has offered his thoughts on the Washingtin Redskins' team name calling it "ill-considered,...

1/19/2013

article Only RGIII can make the Redskins change their name. Here’s why he won’t.
(Washington D.C.) -- Before he lay in a hospital bed, convalescing after reconstructive knee surgery, I thought that Robert Griffin III would be the perfect person to...
article Tom Cole Calls for Redskins Name Change (so Does Katt Williams)
(Washington D.C.) -- Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), one of two Natives in Congress, yesterday joined the groundswell of support for a new name for Washington, D.C.'...

1/14/2013

article HAJO: R*d*k*ns: Proof Of Indian Kill
(Washington D.C.) -- All major Native American organizations have called for the Washington pro football franchise to end its team’s despicable name. Why? Because...
article The Redskins name is really valuable, and really offensive. Here’s how to fix it.
(Washington D.C.) -- Daniel Snyder is in a pickle. He owns the Washington Redskins, a team with a brilliant young quarterback, decades of rich history, and, if numbers...

1/13/2013

article D.C. mayor wants the Redskins to consider changing their name
(Washington D.C.) -- The mayor of Washington, D.C., would like the Washington Redskins to reconsider their nickname. Mayor Vincent Gray said today that he’d like...
article Washington D.C. Mayor: 'Redskins' Is RACIST ... It's Time for a Change
(Washington D.C.) -- It's damn time the Washington Redskins changed its racist name ... at least if the team ever plans to move inside D.C. city limits -- so says...

1/12/2013

article Katt Williams: Redskins Team Name Is SUPER Racist!!!
(Washington D.C.) -- The Redskins is a racist team name ... so says Katt Williams who tells TMZ he's SHOCKED that Americans have tolerated such an offensive moniker...
article What’s in a name? The Redskins’ bad karma
(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...

1/8/2013

article COLUMN: What’s in a name? The Redskins’ bad karma
(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...

12/22/2012

article One Woman's Fight Against a Pennsylvania High School's Mascot
(Pennsylvania) -- Donna Boyle has lived in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania for the past thirty years and has always been offended by her town’s high school mascot, the...

12/4/2012

article Washington Redskins: Kickstarter Campaign Looks to Inspire Overdue Name Change
(Washington D.C.) -- As a result of one of my recent articles calling out the bigotry of the NFL, owners, players, sponsors and television networks for endorsing and...

11/8/2012

article Is This Veterans Day ‘Salute’ Offensive?
(Washington D.C.) -- Last week, NFL players wore camouflage-patterned stickers on their helmets and coaches wore ribbons attached to their shirts. Well, except for Mike...

10/22/2012

article 'Redskins' are now called 'Pigskins' in Washington newspaper
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington loves its Pigskins. Pigskins? Yes, a Washington newspaper has dropped the use of Redskins in referring to the town’s pro football...

10/7/2012

article Campaign to Rename Nepean Redskins Grows in Canada
(Ontario) -- Controversy over racist sports team names is growing in Canada, sparked by furor that erupted over a Facebook bid to rename the Nepean Redskins, an Ontario...

9/30/2012

article Major Newspaper Doesn’t Use the Term Redskins for Washington’s NFL Team Because It’s a Racial Epithet
(Kansas) -- On September 24, The Kansas City Star‘s Public Editor Derek Donovan posted a statement on KanasCity.com, the paper’s website, regarding the Star...

9/6/2012

article Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc.: Legal Battle Continues Over Washington Redskins Name and Logo
(Washington D.C.) -- It’s six-years and counting for the legal battle between American Indian petitioners and the Washington Redskins. Today, the petitioners are...
article Legal battle over Redskins’ name continues
(Washington D.C.) -- A six-year legal battle between a group of Native Americans and the Washington Redskins over the football team’s name continues today, as...

9/1/2012

article Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario says Redskins name racist, calls for education
(Ontario) -- It’s high time names like “redskin” were kicked into the dustbin of history, said Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, James Bartleman,...

8/28/2012

article An Open Letter to the Nepean Redskins & the National Capital Amateur Football Association:
(Canada) -- Firstly, as a parent, I appreciate your hard work as a community organization. I believe the Nepean Redskins has a strong desire to create an environment of...

8/23/2012

article Nepean Redskins should change “racist” name, charges Ojibway musician
(Ontario) -- A member of local band A Tribe Called Red says its high time the Nepean Redskins football team change their name. “The name would be the same as...

8/9/2012

article Washington Redskins: NFL Celebrates 80 Years of Disparagement
(Washington D.C.) -- This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Washington Redskins. The D.C. franchise is the NFL's highest grossing ($345 million) and second-most...

8/8/2012

article Cartoonist Gets Absurdity of the Name ‘Redskins,’ Dan Synder Still Doesn’t
(USA) -- We came across this little comic on GoComics.com, created by cartoonist Scott Hilburn. It depicts the logos of several defunct professional sport franchises,...
article Washington Redskins to Indians: Drop Dead!
(USA) -- Stephen Sonneveld, a correspondent for the popular sports website BleacherReport.com, wrote an article on July 30 titled “Washington Redskins: NFL...

6/12/2012

article Redskins fans may want to keep an eye on North Dakota tonight
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington Redskins fans who treasure their team’s nickname may want to cast their eyes westward tonight as North Dakotans vote on whether to...

5/28/2012

article BLOG: Washington Redskins: Could Oregon Name Ban Revive Old Case?
(Washington D.C.) -- Earlier this month, the Oregon Board Oregon State Board of Education voted 5-1 to adopt a rule prohibiting Oregon public schools from using Native...

5/11/2012

article Goodbye “Redskins”: Maine is Free of Offensive Names in High Schools
(Maine) -- In a 4-1 decision on Monday, May 7, the Sanford School Committee voted to stop using the ugly team name that is so offensive to American Indians generally and...
article Sanford students react to 'Redskins' change
(Maine) -- The Sanford School Committee voted 4-1 at its meeting Monday night to give up using the high school’s "Redskins" mascot, and immediately begin...

4/18/2012

article Commission asks Sanford to retire 'Redskins' mascot Most who attend forum at local church favor a change
(Maine) -- Jamie Bissonette Lewey says the conversation about whether Sanford High School should retire its "Redskins" mascot is not about racism but about...

3/25/2012

article Redskins? How About Whiteskins?
(New York) -- In the image above, you are seeing the helmet and attendant logo of the Whiteskins, a fictional team based on the Washington Redskins.

3/23/2012

article New Challenge to Redskins, Other American Indian Monikers
(Washington D.C.) -- Among other things, the name "Redskins" has been synonymous with the city of Washington since the team relocated from Boston in 1937. That...

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