They LOVED the Braves! Think about it... that term was not meant to belittle Native Americans; it was a term of respect that they earned on the battlefield.

The Crow have a wicked sense of humor that was found in all of the tribal members that I met. They know how to take a joke and are quick to make one.

They did not see most mascots as an attempt to mock their heritage (Redskins being the one exception). A team’s mascot is a source of pride for it’s fan base, so it’s not likely that any team would call themselves the “Drunk Injuns” or some other negative connotation.

Naming a team the “Chiefs” made no sense to them. A team made up of only chiefs would not be very successful as they would all think they were in charge. “Whitey is not that bright!”

The Florida State Seminoles warrior chant, AKA the “Tomahawk Chop”, was awesome. It was used to intimidate the enemy and to pump up your warriors for battle! They asked me why I thought that should offend anyone?

As Pastor PrettyOnTop summed it up 25 years ago— When these mascots are tossed aside (and he believed they would be eventually) into the dust bin of history, what will become of Native Americans being recognized in this country? Will they no longer exist in most Americans’ minds? While he knew the Redskins name started out as a racist slur, did the team use it in that manner? No, he did not think so. Sadly, at the time, these team mascots were the only positive representation of natives in media.

Fortunately, things have changed somewhat in the last 25 years. My favorite Hulu show, “Letterkenny” has close to half of its characters that are from indigenous tribes... and they are incredibly thought out, three dimensional characters. No other show has included tribal members as key characters to their stories the way that Letterkenny has. But that is only one show, and while it is greatly appreciated, Pastor PrettyOnTop’s point remains important: without the mascots, will Native people fade from our memories until they are forgotten?

anyhow, baseball made some news earlier in the year when the miami marlins named kim ng the first ever female general manager in MLB history.

Can't do that, there are Indians enrolled there who obviously wouldn't qualify as "G C's", plus there's no alliteration in that name. You'd have to go with 'Corrupt Caucasians', or maybe 'Genocidal Genitals'.

It's really not that difficult to understand why it's OK to name a town after a specific person while it's not OK to call a bunch of non-Indians Indians. They should re-name the team the Genocidal Caucasians. There's nothing offensive about that.

Republicans police language as much or more than anybody else. They're just extremely hypocritical about it (shocking!). You've fallen into their trap when you associate "EPC" exclusively with Libs.

(For the record I hate EPC because:

(1) it creates snowflakes who need the protection of "safe zones" and,

(2) plays right into the Repug's hands as they beat us Libs over our heads to distract and divide Americans. You know, so we don't pay attention to the rich folks takeover of our country.)

Having said that I do agree that in this case our Native Americans should have the right to oppose names like "Redskins" and that We the People should respect their wishes. But there are numerous Native American schools who call themselves "Indians" and whatnot, the difference being that they decide, not some billionaire NFL owner.