Chiefs of three Virginia tribes say they have no problem with ‘Redskins’
f you thought the declaration that the Washington Redskins would never change their name would be the end of the discussion, you thought wrong. Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Paul Woody reached out to the chiefs of the Patawomeck, Pamunkey and Rappahannock tribes in Virginia to see how they felt about the name, and their responses were not split down the middle.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2013/05/15/chiefs-of-three-virginia-tribes-say-they-have-no-problem-with-redskins/
Interesting article. Not saying they shouldn't change their name but this is a different perspective. I also found THIS comment interesting
:I don’t have an issue with it,” she said. “There are so many more issues that are important for the tribe than to waste time on what a team is called. We’re worried about real things, and I don’t consider that a real thing.
“We’re more worried about our kids being educated, our people housed, elder care and the survival of our culture. We’ve been in that survival mode for 400 years. We’re not worried about how some ball team is named.”
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