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The U.S. military’s ongoing slur of Native Americans
Resistance to the Washington Redskins team name has ebbed and flowed over the years, but thanks in part to letters from 50 senators to the team’s owner, Dan Snyder, and last week’s decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to rescind the team’s trademark registration, the campaign to get rid of it has renewed urgency. Snyder has shrugged off complaints about the name, even claiming that “redskins” is a “badge of honor.” Team president Bruce Allen, protesting too much, says the name “has
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I've never heard of the Huey tribe. Was Tarhe their chief? He was a heavy lifter, you know. Are they related to the Hekowis? General Sheridan was right.