{"id":2000326,"date":"2023-08-14T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-calls-for-washington-commanders-to-change-name-back-to-redskins-history-cannot-be-erased\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:00:17","slug":"native-american-group-calls-for-washington-commanders-to-change-name-back-to-redskins-history-cannot-be-erased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-calls-for-washington-commanders-to-change-name-back-to-redskins-history-cannot-be-erased\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American group demands Washington Commanders to revert name to Redskins, asserting that history is indelible."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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-calls-for-washington-commanders-to-change-name-back-to-redskins-history-cannot-be-erased%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=2000326&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Washington Redskins fan holds up a sign to keep the Redskins name before they play the Jacksonville Jaguars at FedExField on September 14, 2014 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <ins><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><\/ins><\/h2>\n<h3>1:49 PM \u2013 Monday, August 14, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>A Native American group is demanding that the \u2064National Football League\u2062 team Washington Commanders revert back to their former team name of the Washington Redskins. The \u2018Native American Guardian Association\u2019 has urged fans to\u200d sign their ongoing petition to change \u200dthe\u2063 name, which has amassed over 80,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-calls-for-washington-commanders-to-change-name-back-to-redskins-history-cannot-be-erased\/\" title=\"Native American group demands Washington Commanders to revert name to Redskins, asserting that history is indelible.\">group\u2064 argued<\/a> that the franchise\u2019s refusal to go back to the \u2064original Redskins team name is an\u200c example of the erasure of\u2064 American history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt is designed to promote our history, put an end to cancel culture, and \u200creclaim the name Redskins,\u201d the Native American group stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u20642020, under former team owner Daniel Snyder, the Washington Redskins changed their name to the Washington Football Team. The rebranding was\u2062 due to calls\u2063 of the name being \u200cconsidered racist towards Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p>However, Snyder sold the franchise this year after billionaire Josh Harris purchased it for a whopping $6.05 billion. During his tenure as \u2063the owner, Snyder \u2062was accused \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-suspends-deputy-press-secretary-for-allegedly-sexually-harassing-threatening-reporter\/\" title=\"White House Suspends Deputy Press Secretary For Allegedly Sexually Harassing, Threatening Reporter\">allegedly sexually harassing<\/a> a female employee. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Native\u200b American \u200cgroup sent \u200da letter\u2063 to Harris and\u2063 other\u200d Commanders leadership. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The letter requested that \u201cthe \u2062team revitalize its relationship with the American Indian community and rightfully change their name back to \u2064the Redskins.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harris \u2062also told ESPN that the name\u200b change \u2063was not a priority on \u2062the \u201cto-do\u201d list for the \u200bteam. Additionally, according to ESPN, a\u200c team has to wait at least five\u2062 years before it can change its name.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking \u2062news blasts directly to your inbox for \u200cfree. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The death\u2064 toll in the Maui wildfires has reached 96 and is expected to increase further.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Scott Perry \u2063says subpoenas\u2062 for phone and bank records of Hunter and Joe Biden represents\u2062 a significant shift in the Oversight \u2062committee\u2019s\u200d investigation of Biden \u200bcorruption.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the Democrat \u2062party continues moving\u2064 farther to the left, more and more politicians are choosing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">republican party<\/a> as their new home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden continues to deny having anything to do with his son\u2019s business \u200ddealings, but the proof \u2063may\u200d be in the payments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013 \u2063South Korea\u2019s largest \u2063telco SK\u2064 Telecom said\u2062 it will invest $100 million in U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a> \u200bfirm Anthropic to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ERBIL \u200d(Reuters) -Iraq\u2019s telecoms ministry said it will lift a\u2063 ban on the Telegram messaging app\u200d on Sunday,\u200c which was imposed earlier\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Australia-listed investment firm GQG Partners added more shares of \u200cNvidia Corp in the second quarter, ending June with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Daniel\u200b Trotta \u200dEL CAJON, California (Reuters) \u2013\u200c California\u2062 firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot\u2064 wildfires, feeding video \u200bfrom more\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Native American group demands the NFL team Washington Commanders to change their name. A fan holds a sign supporting the Redskins name at a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Landover, Maryland. (Photo: Patrick Smith\/Getty Images) OAN\u2019s James Meyers reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2000327,"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":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"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\/2000326","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\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}