Many Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the U.S. capital’s football mascot was over when the team became the Washington Commanders. The organization left behind its name, a racist slur dating to the founding of the United States.
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Native American leaders protest against the Redskins team name and logo outside U.S. Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins in Minneapolis. Many Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the U.S. capital’s football mascot was over when the team became the Washington Commanders. The original logo was designed by a member of the Blackfeet Nation. Now a white Republican U.S.
For many Indigenous peoples, the team’s original name and logo represent an ugly history of racial discrimination and violence, as well as modern-day battles over ethical representation of Native Americans in popular culture. The National Congress of the American Indian, the organization that Walter Wetzel once led, has fought since 1968 to remove mascots like that one. Numerous psychological studies have shown the harmful impacts that Native American mascots have on children.
“I understand the controversy of the name, I get it,” Ryan Wetzel said. “I come from a family that is divided with the name. But the logo, how can we still keep that and use that moving forward?” “The science underscores the detrimental impact these images have on Indigenous peoples,” said Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and one of the country’s leading experts on the topic.
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