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A former Blackfeet Tribal chair member designed the logo decades ago. And while the team recently adopted a new name and identity, some Montanans have pushed to preserve the original.
President Donald Trump has reignited the controversy surrounding the Washington Commanders, demanding that the team revert to its former "Redskins" name. Trump threatened to block
The Washington franchise has changed away from its nickname twice, first changing from Redskins in 2020 before its most recent change to Commanders in 2022. After retiring the Redskins name and logo, the team adopted the temporary moniker of the Washington Football Team, using the same branding and uniforms from before, sans Redskins insignia.
Having eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, attacked the teaching of Black history in schools, and embraced white nationalist rhetoric, President Donald Trump is promoting a return to America’s racist instincts.
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When President Donald Trump reopened a long-closed conversation about the name of the Washington NFL team, he and others implied that liberal thinking forced the venerable franchise to change its name from Redskins to Commanders in 2022.
Trump is right that the heritage and prestige of American Indians has been “systematically taken away from them,” but that is the work of the United States government, which pursued an explicit policy of dehumanization and dispossession, and achieved it with horrifying success. Going back to antique stereotypes only continues the process.
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Mediaite on MSNTrump Mocked for Washington Redskins Crusade After Dismissing Controversy Back in 2013: ‘Our Country Has Far Bigger Problems!’President Donald Trump once criticized the government for getting involved in the naming of Washington's NFL team -- much like he is now. The post Trump Mocked for Washington Redskins Crusade After Dismissing Controversy Back in 2013: ‘Our Country Has Far Bigger Problems!
Donald Trump is opposing Washington Commanders' new stadium deal. He demands the team revert to its former name, Redskins. Trump says the old name hon
A conflation of factors led to dropping the Bullets name. In the 1990s, Washington, D.C.’s image was one of crime, drugs and violence. Pollin could sense he needed to do something about the name.