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Podcast: American Viewpoints
Episode: Honor Or Racist Exploitation? Why Some Native Americans Want Teams To Be Names After Them
Description: Over 100,000 signatures support the Native American Guardians Association's effort to convince the owners of the Washington Commanders to returnt the football teams' name back to the Redskins. What surprised many people is that NAGA is a Native American advocacy group that says team names, like Redskins and Indians, should be used to honor those communities.
NAGA's Bill Diekman argues that removing the names and logos, even as an effort to be culturally sensitive, is actually erasing references to his culture.