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- Spurred by mass protests against racism this summer, sports franchises with Native American-related names, mascots or logos faced pressure to stop using these stereotypes and caricatures. Since then, the NFL’s Washington Redskins and, as of Sunday, MLB’s Cleveland Indians agreed to drop their monikers.
www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/us/cleveland-washington-native-american/index.htmlThese teams faced pressure to change their Native American ...
Jul 14, 2020 · As Washington, D.C.'s NFL team announces a name change, here's what to know about the history, impact and meaning of Native American mascots.
Jan 19, 2024 · There are three other teams in the NFL that have changed their mascots without moving: the New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears, while the Dallas Cowboys (previously...
Dec 14, 2020 · CNN — Spurred by mass protests against racism this summer, sports franchises with Native American-related names, mascots or logos faced pressure to stop using these stereotypes and caricatures....
- Arizona Cardinals. The franchise began playing in Chicago in 1898 before moving to St. Louis in 1960 and Arizona in 1988. Team owner Chris O’Brien purchased used and faded maroon jerseys from the University of Chicago in 1901; he dubbed the color of his squad’s new outfits “cardinal red,” and a name was born.
- Atlanta Falcons. Shortly after insurance executive Rankin Smith brought professional football to Atlanta, a local radio station sponsored a contest to name the team.
- Baltimore Ravens. Ravens, a reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem, beat out Americans and Marauders in a contest conducted by the Baltimore Sun. Poe died and is buried in Baltimore.
- Buffalo Bills. The Bills name was suggested as part of a fan contest in 1947 to rename Buffalo’s All-America Football Conference team, which was originally known as the Bisons.
Feb 2, 2022 · It almost happened. That was franchise owner Clint Murchison Jr.'s first choice back in 1959, but a minor league baseball team already had that name. Murchison settled instead on Cowboys,...
Deb Haaland, the first Indigenous US Secretary of the Interior has called on teams with tribal mascots to change mascots, including the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jul 14, 2020 · The NFL team’s announcement was a massive victory for Halbritter and the Change the Mascot campaign, which Oneida launched in 2013 alongside the National Congress of American Indians, the largest tribal organization in the United States.
