{"id":2015672,"date":"2023-08-29T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-a-fake-group-native-americans-blast-nfls-washington-commanders-after-rep-mocks-them\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:37:13","slug":"were-not-a-fake-group-native-americans-blast-nfls-washington-commanders-after-rep-mocks-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-a-fake-group-native-americans-blast-nfls-washington-commanders-after-rep-mocks-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Americans slam NFL&#8217;s Washington Commanders for mocking them, assert their authenticity."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwere-not-a-fake-group-native-americans-blast-nfls-washington-commanders-after-rep-mocks-them%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=2015672&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>Native \u200dAmerican Guardians Association Fires Back at \u200dWashington Commanders\u200c Sales\u200c Manager<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/100-year-old-veteran-who-raised-millions-walking-for-health-workers-dies-of-covid-19\/\" title=\"100-Year-Old Veteran Who Raised Millions Walking For Health Workers Dies Of COVID-19\">sales manager<\/a>\u2063 for the NFL\u2019s Washington Commanders called them a \u201cfake \u2062group\u201d when they demanded in a\u2064 petition that the \u200bteam return to their original Washington Redskins\u200b name, the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) fired back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former luxury box owner \u2064Christina King \u2014 who relinquished her \u2064suite\u2062 after the Redskins changed their name \u2014\u200d had texted Matthew Laux, a premium-seat sales manager for the Commanders and FedEx Field,\u2063 \u201cThis \u200cname change WAS,\u200c IS &#038;\u2064 forever will be a major\u2063 problem,\u201d\u00a0 adding, \u2064\u201cWe \u2064just signed the petition from NAGA \u2026 We will come back as suite owners when the name reverts back \u2062to the Washington Redskins \u2026 The team never should have never been\u200d pressured \u200binto changing \u2063the \u200bname.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Laux replied, \u201cYou understand \u2063the \u2063people\u200b that\u200b started this \u2062petition is a fake group, right?\u201d He \u2064added,\u200c \u201cAs\u200c a fan\u200c of\u200c the team \u2062I didn\u2019t want it [the Redskins name] changed either.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>\u201cWe\u2019re not a fake group,\u201d<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">NAGA \u200dEunice Davidson, \u2063a self-described \u201cfull-blooded \u200dDakota \u2063Sioux\u201d who is the co-founder\u200c and president, fired back. \u201cWe\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/native-american-group-advocating-to-change-washington-commanders-name-pushes-back-against-fake-group-claims\/\" title=\"Native American group fights against 'fake group' accusations while advocating for Washington Commanders' name change.\">tribal-enrolled \u200bmembers<\/a> from tribes \u200dacross the United States.\u201d She \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-a-fake-group-native-americans-blast-nfls-washington-commanders-after-rep-mocks-them\/\" title=\"Native Americans slam NFL's Washington Commanders for mocking them, assert their authenticity.\">blasted \u201cracist\u2064 white woke\u201d \u2062college professors<\/a> and \u200cacademics, saying, \u201cPeople want to call us fake and they\u2019ve done\u2063 that before.\u200d They never tell our story and \u200bthat\u2019s their goal: to\u200b wipe \u200cout Native history. It\u2019s\u2063 discrimination when you go after one culture like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Native American historian M. Andre\u2064 Billeaudeaux, the author of \u201cHow\u2062 The Redskins\u2064 Got\u2064 Their Name,\u201d commented, \u201cThese people\u2064 are just ignorant. It\u2019s\u200d toxic ignorance. It\u2019s group think. It\u2019s the psychology of \u2063a group that has no idea what they\u2019re doing, but they\u200c won\u2019t \u2063listen \u2064to\u2064 us, either. \u2026 \u200bRedskins is not about race. It\u2019s a warrior who\u2019s gone through the bloodroot \u2064ceremony. \u2026 They shave their heads and surrender their souls\u2062 to their Creator.\u2062 They paint themselves red as if they were born new into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Redskins were the only \u2064minority representation in the entire NFL and it\u2063 was a real person, not a mascot,\u201d \u00a0Billeaudeaux\u200c added. \u2063\u201cThe name Redskins is\u2063 a national treasure. And for\u2064 that reason it should be protected. It\u2019s \u200ca\u200d cultural treasure and deserves to be protected and understood. It\u2019s not just about the\u200d football team. It\u2019s \u2064about the \u200dDNA of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re Redskins fans, not \u200cCommanders fans,\u201d \u2063King argued. \u2062\u201cWe\u2019re not\u2063 coming back until the name\u2063 comes back. They\u2019ve taken these images from\u200b sports. They \u2063bowed \u2063to\u2063 the \u200dwoke and they\u2019re trying to erase Native\u2062 American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Commanders issued a statement saying, \u201cFor \u2064nearly 90 years, \u2063this franchise \u200chad a different name, and many have fond \u2064memories of cheering \u2062for that team and watching it \u2063win\u200c three Super Bowls. This does not signify \u2063any shift in our approach nor does it change \u2064the valid reasons for dropping the name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A spokesperson for \u2062the team \u2064informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/native-americans-leading-redskins-petition-outraged-washington-commanders-rep-called-fake-group\">Fox News Digital<\/a> that \u2062Laux does not speak for the\u200c team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a sales manager insulted them for requesting the Washington Redskins&#8217; original name, the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA) responded. Christina King, a former luxury box owner who gave up her suite due to the name change, joined NAGA in firing back at the NFL&#8217;s Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2015673,"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-2015672","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\/2015672","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}