(Headline USA) A Native-American organization released a letter this week calling on the new ownership of the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the team’s original name: the “Redskins.”
After years of leftist complaints about the name, the Commanders announced in 2020 that the team would officially drop the “Redskins” title and logo. They unveiled the “Commanders” name in 2022.
In a letter addressed to Josh Harris, who recently bought the team from former owner Dan Snyder, the Native American Guardian’s Association argued the name should never have been changed in the first place.
🚨BREAKING: Native American Guardian’s Association Founder & President Eunice Davidson Sent a Demand Letter Today to Washington "Commanders" Ownership & Key Leadership Formally Requesting The Team Revitalize it's Relationship With The American Indian Community & Rightfully Change… pic.twitter.com/cpau4hVq6H
— Native American Guardians Association (@GuardiansNative) August 7, 2023
“At this moment in history, we are formally requesting that the team revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community by (i) changing the name back to “The Redskins” which recognizes America’s original inhabitants and (ii) using the team’s historic name and legacy to encourage Americans to learn about, not cancel, the history of America’s tribes and our role in the founding of this Great Nation,” the organization’s founder and president Eunice Davidson wrote in the letter.
Davidson is a “full-blood Dakota Sioux and an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Tribe from North Dakota,” according to NAGA’s website.
If the Commanders management refuses to work with NAGA, Davidson threatened a boycott similar to conservatives’ successful boycott of Bud Light.
“NAGA stands ready to work with you and your ownership group to bring back the historic name and rebuild the team’s relationship with America’s original inhabitants,” the letter said. “Should we need to encourage a national boycott similar to what happened to Anhuser [sic] Busch(Bud Light) … WE WILL DO JUST THAT!”
As of Thursday, a petition released by NAGA urging the Commanders to take up the group’s request had already received more than 77,000 signatures.
Change the Name Petition to #Redskins 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝟕𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 🔥🔥
𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 & 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓: https://t.co/V62BFgwYmf#DexterManley #educatenoteradicate #HTTR #reclaimtheredskins #NAGALoudNAGAProud @megynkelly @stoolpresidente @GrantCardone @commanders pic.twitter.com/mM3TChqb3G
— Native American Guardians Association (@GuardiansNative) August 9, 2023
Harris bought the team for $6 billion in May, according to ESPN.
