Uni-Watch.com, which has thoughtfully and extensively covered the ongoing controversy over the use of Native imagery and native in athletics, has a fascinating column today concern...
To keep or drop the name of the NFL franchise based in Washington, DC? That is the question...
The Washington football team isn’t the only one with the offensive Redskins moniker...
The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is asking the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights for a ban on the use of American Indian mascots, nicknames and logos...
Does a flurry of media support point to a turning of the tides on the Redskin team name? Recent chatter is promising: Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Vincent C...
Charles Kader

This year has gotten off to quite a start with Idle No More and now the Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent Gray chiming in on a franchise name change for the NFL team associated with that city....

January 23, 2013
Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), one of two Natives in Congress, yesterday joined the groundswell of support for a new name for Washington, D.C.'s NFL franchise...
Invoking such historically-significant moments as the civil rights movement and the integration of professional sports, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has release...
January 14, 2013
Vincent C. Gray, the Mayor of Washington D.C., today joined the chorus of voices that have been calling on his city's NFL franchise to discard its offensive name...

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