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'Stop the Chop'
Cronkite News: Mascot debate a familiar and painful place for Native people (August 12, 2025)
“Honoring Native peoples means ending dehumanization in both imagery and policy,” said Stephanie Fryberg, an expert on the effects of harmful imagery.
Washington Football Team
Cronkite News: Indian Country continues to oppose racist imagery in sports (July 28, 2025)
Native groups have hit back at President Donald Trump’s threat to block a new stadium for the Washington Commanders if the professional football team does not revert to its racist name.
National Congress of American Indians
Press Release: National Congress of American Indians continues to oppose racist imagery in sports (July 21, 2025)
“Any attempt to distract by invoking our names and purporting to speak for our communities is an affront to Tribal sovereignty and is not taken lightly,” said President Mark Macarro.
Xavier Guillory
Cronkite News: Native youth attend second annual Fiesta Bowl football clinic (November 12, 2024)
“Especially for my Nez Perce people, I want to make them proud as much as possible,” said Xavier Guillory of Arizona State University.
Native America Calling NAC
Native America Calling: Suiting up for football season (September 29, 2022)
Thursday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce huddles with Native football players and those who root for them.
Not Your Mascot
Cronkite News: Washington football team unveils replacement for racist name (February 4, 2022)
“For 90 years, the Washington Football Team perpetuated discriminatory and racist behavior both through their use of a dictionary-defined racial slur as a team name and a false and offensive caricature of Native culture as a mascot,” said Crystal Echo Hawk.
'We are not your mascot'
Roundtable examines ‘toxic workplace culture’ at Washington football team (January 28, 2022)
Leaders of a U.S. Congressional committee will host a roundtable to examine what they are calling the “toxic workplace culture” within the Washington professional football team.
Glenn King and Cuyler Frank
Cronkite News: Navajo language speakers create broadcast history (October 25, 2021)
History was made as two citizens of the Navajo Nation broadcast a college football game in the Dine language for the first time.
tetonsaltes
Lakota player lands spot on professional football team (May 18, 2021)
The unlikely journey for Teton Saltes, the New York Jets’ latest recruit, started as an afterthought.
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