The Washington Post, January 31, 2022, Opinion: A new Washington Football Team name feels hollow to us Native people
It’s not the first or maybe even the 100th promise the owner of the Washington Football Team failed to deliver on. But this one best showed the kicking and screaming it took for his organization to get rid of its anti-Native mascot — and why the change feels hollow to me.
The team might be beginning a new era, but I am far from ready to move forward. The history of how we got to this moment must not be obscured by new color schemes and jersey designs. I cannot look ahead without looking deep into the past, and I will not move on until the team and the NFL make amends to the people they harmed most — Native advocates and their children.
