Evidently the Navajo Nation is who had been pushing for the Redskins to be changed. I wonder if they were pushing for this as well. The funny thing is, according to a couple of polls done in 2016..... (I didn't share the link to the WaPo article because it's behind a pay wall. The link and the following are in the article I did link to.)

A 2016 Washington Post poll found that the overwhelming majority of Native Americans were not offended by the name and indicated they would not be offended if someone called them that name.


The Post reported:

Nine in 10 Native Americans say they are not offended by the Washington Redskins name, according to a new Washington Post poll that shows how few ordinary Indians have been persuaded by a national movement to change the football team’s moniker.

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Among the Native Americans reached over a five-month period ending in April, more than 7 in 10 said they did not feel the word “Redskin” was disrespectful to Indians. An even higher number — 8 in 10 — said they would not be offended if a non-native called them that name.

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