‘It Is Not Being Considered’: Washington Commanders President Says No to Changing Back to Redskins
Jason Wright, president of the Washington Commanders pro football team, has said no to a possible switch back to the original Redskins name.

Jason Wright, president of the Washington Commanders pro football team, has said no to a possible switch back to the original Redskins name.
The Native American group leading the petition to reinstate the name Redskins as the official nickname of Washington’s NFL franchise has blasted the Washington Commanders for referring to them as a “fake group.”
Several Native American tribes, whose ancestors sold over 94,000 acres of land to make space for the University of Minnesota, now want reparations from the school.
Former MLB great and current Cardinals broadcaster Jim Edmonds raised the ire of the radical left on Thursday night after he dared to say that sports teams with Native American nicknames such as Indians and Redskins, was a “cool thing.”
Federal law’s preference for placing American Indian children with Indian caretakers is consistent with the Constitution, a divided Supreme Court held on Thursday.
Racism and colonialism are “built into the workings” of the Peter Pan story, according to a CNN opinion piece slamming the new Disney film despite its diverse cast and inclusion of girls in the “Lost Boys,” as it claimed switching to non-white actors “isn’t enough” to address its core issues.
New York public schools have been barred from using sports team mascots like Warriors, Chiefs, Redmen, or Braves.
Minnesota state Rep. Heather Keeler, a Democrat, lashed out against “white Christians” adopting Native American babies.
The Triple-A team Indianapolis Indians has decided to keep their team name after pressure from woke activists demands to change it.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are the reason Rhonda LeValdo is in Arizona for the Super Bowl. But she won’t be here to watch the game.
Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton presented a medallion to “Yellowstone” show creator Taylor Sheridan on Saturday, “for his commitment to telling the Native American story in his shows.”
Having aborted a child — or several — is something to be “thankful” for, according to a Thanksgiving piece in The Nation that claims many “celebrate” the experience, while slamming the “utter disregard for all Indigenous people” in the past that “fuels the same systems of white supremacy that dehumanize all of us today.”
An area in Grand Canyon National Park is changing its “offensive” name after a request from the Havasupai Tribe.
The Department of Education in New York will halt aid to schools that have Native American team names, mascots, and logos.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) weighed in on Native American leaders criticizing the Biden administration for its policies toward oil, gas, and coal development on tribal lands by stating that the tribes
LONDON (AP) — English rugby club Exeter will stop playing its “Tomahawk Chop” chant during games as part of a rebrand to move away from a Native American theme that had come under increasing criticism.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) has let an ESPN host know he can forget any attempt to cancel Mt. Rushmore while she’s in office.
ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose has launched a new campaign to cancel Mr. Rushmore because he says the name of “offensive.”
The colonization of the Americas by the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese constituted “genocide,” Pope Francis told reporters during his flight back from Canada on Friday.
The Native American Guardians Association (NAGA), an organization that advocates for Native American representation in education and other public platforms, has now requested a teleconference with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne Clark after she snubbed them for an in-person meeting to address the headdress controversy.
Controversy has engulfed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) over a recent photo that featured president Suzanne Clark posing with a set of Native American headdresses.
The University of California system announced it will cover all tuition and other costs for Native Americans who are members of federally recognized tribes.
A college professor claims that the Atlanta Braves fans performing the popular “Tomahawk Chop” chant is “violence” towards Native Americans.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) President Suzanne Clark, who previously advocated for the infrastructure bill, sent an email to her staff apologizing for her “momentary lapse in judgement” when he posted a photo of herself on social media smiling alongside two white women in Native American headdresses.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) President Suzanne Clark posted a photo of herself smiling alongside two white women in Native headdresses.
Disney expressed regret after a drill team’s routine at one of its parks was criticized for its depiction of Native Americans and the Cherokee Nation also voiced displeasure.
A Secret Santa spread Christmas cheer by giving away $30,000 in $100 bills to residents of the San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands in Arizona.
Members of Native American tribes in New England are gathering where the Pilgrims originally settled to mourn Indigenous people “who’ve suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment,” the Associated Press (AP) reported Thursday.
An Astros fan hoisted a sign attacking the Atlanta Braves’ “Tomahawk Chop” chant calling it “racist” during Game 1 of the World Series.
The location of the 1960 Winter Olympics has undergone a woke name change. What was once Squaw Valley Ski Resort is not Palisades Tahoe, according to reports.
Schools in Ontario are facing backlash after burning or destroying books deemed offensive to First Nations, including classic comics such as Tintin and Asterix.
Notre Dame pushes back against a survey that rated its leprechaun the fourth most offensive among college mascots.
First Nations Christians spoke of being left “heartbroken” after their historic Anglican church burned to the ground amid the ongoing wave of arson attacks and statue-smashing sweeping Canada.
The executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), Harsha Walia, is under fire for commenting on a story about the wave of church arsons sweeping Canada by saying “Burn it all down.”
A native totem pole was set on fire on Canada’s Vancouver Island in what is suspected to be retaliation for the destruction of a statue of Captain James Cook.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a highly equivocal denunciation of the wave of church arsons and statue smashing sweeping Canada, calling the attacks “unacceptable” but defending the anger fueling them as “fully understandable”.
President Joe Biden’s Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, the first Native American to lead the federal agency, is making it clear that tribal justice for America’s mistreatment of indigenous peoples is a priority.
Socialist President Alberto Fernández of Argentina apologized on Thursday after remarks the day before in which he implied that Argentine civilization was superior to that of its neighbors because Argentines “arrived on boats that came from Europe.”
Two hundred and forty-five years ago, the fate of Washington’s army—in fact, the fate of the entire Revolution—lay on the muscled shoulders of the fishermen and sailors of the Marblehead Regiment.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has signed into law legislation that bans the use of Native American names, symbols, and imagery as mascots, logos, or team names.