by Patricia N. Saffran The Washington professional football team bowed to public sentiment and pressure from Native American activists including Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and have abandoned their identity. Nez called the Redskins’ team name and logo “racist and disparaging.” Not all Indigenous people agree, but the team preferred to withdraw their name and image anyway. The name “Redskins” may have some controversy attached to it but was it necessary to drop the logo, too? The logo of a Native American in profile is taken from the 1913 Buffalo…
