The Washington football team shed its identity to please a loud few, and a tribe in Montana has lost a contribution to modern culture.
The Federalist Papers "The NFL team in Washington, D.C., previously known as the Redskins, will change its mascot to a more appropriate one, in step with the politically correct movement to banish apparent racism.
"The team also is banishing Native Americans, and their achievements, from public consciousness.
"So says Lance Wetzel, the son of the man who designed the team’s iconic Indian head logo. Lance recently said he is saddened to see the team retire his father’s accomplishment.
Walter “Blackie” Wetzel, a member of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana, designed the logo in 1971.
"Lance told WUSA-TV that the logo has always given his family and his people a sense of pride.
“ 'Everyone was pretty upset [about the change],” Lance told the outlet.
“ 'Everyone understood the name change; we were all on board with that,” he said. “Once they weren’t going to use the logo, it was hard. It takes away from the Native Americans. When I see that logo, I take pride in it. You look at the depiction of the Redskins’ logo and it’s of a true Native American.”
“ 'I always felt it was representing my people. That’s not gone.”
"Lance, like most Native Americans, said he was never offended by the logo, which is a depiction of former Blackfeet Chief John “Two Guns” White Calf, the same man whose likeness appears on the Buffalo Nickel.
"Now that White Calf has been canceled, Lance told WUSA it will make Native Americans less visible." . . .
'It takes away from the Native Americans': Son of Redskins logo designer denounces rebranding
"Lance told WUSA-TV that the logo has always given his family and his people a sense of pride.
“ 'Everyone was pretty upset [about the change],” Lance told the outlet.
“ 'Everyone understood the name change; we were all on board with that,” he said. “Once they weren’t going to use the logo, it was hard. It takes away from the Native Americans. When I see that logo, I take pride in it. You look at the depiction of the Redskins’ logo and it’s of a true Native American.”
“ 'I always felt it was representing my people. That’s not gone.”
"Lance, like most Native Americans, said he was never offended by the logo, which is a depiction of former Blackfeet Chief John “Two Guns” White Calf, the same man whose likeness appears on the Buffalo Nickel.
"Now that White Calf has been canceled, Lance told WUSA it will make Native Americans less visible." . . .
'It takes away from the Native Americans': Son of Redskins logo designer denounces rebranding
Blackie Wetzel, a member of the National Congress of American Indians, was raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, according to WUSA9. The Redskins logo is a depiction of John "Two Guns" White Calf, a Blackfeet chief.
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