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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
The Washington football team used to be based in Boston and, as was really common at the time, the football team took on the name of or a version of a name of the local baseball team (see, the Chicago Bears for the Cubs, the New York Giants for the baseball Giants, and the Detroit Lions for the Tigers… not the Cardinals, though, that was just a coincidence). The 2 Boston teams at the time were the Red Sox and the Braves. They kept the name after moving to Boston and I believe the Native American they had on their helmet from the early 70s onward was added at the behest of a local First Nations activist.
I currently use the Indians name, logo, and uniforms. There’s been some interesting work done with fauxbacks that I might switch to myself, but like I honestly don’t care what you call your own save, just don’t expect OOTP to break their licensing agreement.
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The Redskins logo of the profile on a shield was designed by the chairman of the Blackfoot Tribe. When the do-gooders who objected and forced the change, they cost the Blackfoot Indian tribe money.
Also, in the legal documents of the Treaty of Greenville, the Native tribes referred to themselves as Redskins. It was not a perjorative term.