native americans

It is becoming increasingly evident that there are those among us who are just looking for reasons to be offended and they want us to be offended too. Let's take for example the case of The Washington Redskins football team. A new Washington Post poll of 504 Native Americans, on and off the reservation shows most, 78% find it a non-issue or not much of an issue at all...

When a sports team chooses a name for the franchise, they usually pick something or someone that demands respect. For New England, the Patriots are a logical choice. The New York Yankees choice had purpose and so does too, the name of the Washington Redskins...

Washington Redskins GM Bruce Allen is responding to today's ruling that upholds a cancellation of the team's trademark. Allen says, "We look forward to winning on appeal after a fair and impartial review of the case." He went on to say, "We are convinced that we will win because the facts and law are on the side of our franchise...

The federal Department of the Interior held a hearing in Massachusetts on its plan to make it easier for American Indian tribes to gain federal recognition. The Tuesday morning hearing, at the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's community center on Cape Cod, is the last in series of meetings on the proposal, and the only one on the East Coast...

The U.S. Patent Office has ruled the Washington Redskins nickname is ``disparaging of Native Americans'' and that the team's federal trademarks for the name must be canceled. The ruling announced Wednesday comes after a campaign to change the name has gained momentum over the past year...

A group of Native American delegates to the Democratic National Convention are asking U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to attend their caucus tomorrow to explain the controversy over her claims of American Indian heritage.