{"id":1995827,"date":"2023-08-09T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-threatens-national-boycott-if-washington-football-team-doesnt-change-name-back-to-redskins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:34:33","slug":"native-american-group-threatens-national-boycott-if-washington-football-team-doesnt-change-name-back-to-redskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-threatens-national-boycott-if-washington-football-team-doesnt-change-name-back-to-redskins\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American group threatens boycott if Washington Football Team doesn&#8217;t revert name to &#8216;Redskins&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnative-american-group-threatens-national-boycott-if-washington-football-team-doesnt-change-name-back-to-redskins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u2062Native American Group\u2063 Threatens Boycott of Washington Commanders<\/h2>\n<p>A Native American group, \u2062the \u2063Native American Guardians Association (NAGA),\u2062 has\u200b issued \u200ca strong warning to\u2062 the Washington Commanders, demanding that \u200bthe NFL team change its \u200cname back to the Washington Redskins. In\u200c a letter sent to \u200bthe team&#8217;s ownership and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-refuses-to-convict-men-entrapped-by-fbi-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot\/\" title=\"Jury Refuses To Convict Men Entrapped By FBI In Whitmer Kidnapping Plot\">key leadership<\/a>, NAGA emphasized the need for the team to revitalize its \u2062relationship with the American Indian community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Native\u2064 American Guardian\u2019s\u200b Association Founder &#038; President \u2064Eunice Davidson Sent a \u200bDemand Letter \u2062Today to Washington &#8220;Commanders&#8221;\u200d Ownership &#038; Key Leadership Formally Requesting The Team Revitalize it&#8217;s Relationship With The American Indian Community &#038; Rightfully \u2062Change\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cpau4hVq6H\">pic.twitter.com\/cpau4hVq6H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Native American \u200cGuardians Association (@GuardiansNative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuardiansNative\/status\/1688544490242359296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200c7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter from\u2063 NAGA addressed the &#8220;cancel culture&#8221; that has targeted the Native American population and highlighted the \u2063erasure of\u2063 their significant role in American history. It also discussed the\u2064 long-standing \u2062relationship between \u2062the Washington football team\u2062 and the \u200dNative American community,\u200b dating back to their days as the Boston Redskins in 1933.<\/p>\n<p>NAGA&#8217;s \u2064letter stated, &#8220;At this moment in history, we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-employees-protest-gradual-return-to-office-we-often-felt-not-just-unheard-but-at-times-actively-ignored\/\" title=\"Apple Employees Protest Gradual Return To Office. \u2018We Often Felt Not Just Unheard, But At Times Actively Ignored\u2019\">formally requesting<\/a> that the team revitalize\u2063 its relationship with the\u2064 American Indian community by (i) changing the name back to &#8216;The Redskins,&#8217; which recognizes \u200dAmerica&#8217;s original inhabitants, and (ii) \u200busing the team&#8217;s historic name and legacy to encourage Americans to learn about, not cancel, the history of America&#8217;s tribes and our role \u200bin the founding \u200cof this Great Nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2063 made it clear that they\u200d are \u2062prepared to \u200btake action if\u200d their demands\u200d are not met. \u2064They mentioned \u200cthe possibility of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-attending-beijing-olympics-after-tokyo-would-give-propaganda-victory-to-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley: Attending Beijing Olympics After Tokyo Would Give \u2018Propaganda Victory\u2019 To China\">national boycott<\/a>, similar to the one that impacted\u200b Anheuser Busch (Bud Light), resulting in a significant \u2064financial loss. NAGA \u2064emphasized that their approach would be peaceful, stating, &#8220;not\u2062 one brick\u2064 thrown, not one highway blocked, not one bridge burned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter concluded \u200bby asserting that in\u200d 2023, the oppression and disregard for U.S. history and constitutional rights are unacceptable. NAGA vowed to stand \u2063their ground, \u2063emphasizing \u200cthe\u200d importance of acknowledging history \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-threatens-national-boycott-if-washington-football-team-doesnt-change-name-back-to-redskins\/\" title=\"Native American group threatens boycott if Washington Football Team doesn't revert name to 'Redskins'.\">avoid repeating\u200b past \u200bmistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 2020, the team announced its decision to remove the name &#8220;Redskins&#8221; from \u200bits branding, \u200cand two\u200b years\u200d later, they\u2062 unveiled the new \u2062name, the Washington Commanders. The name change was a response to pressure from the cancel culture\u200b movement, which \u2063claimed that the term \u2062&#8221;Redskins&#8221; was racist and offensive to Native Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Native American group, NAGA, demands the Washington Commanders to revert their name back to the Washington Redskins. They threaten a national boycott unless the NFL team complies. NAGA&#8217;s Founder and President, Eunice Davidson, stated on Twitter that they have already sent a message regarding this matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1995828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}