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"Descendants of the Native American chief whose likeness inspired the Washington Redskins logo are the Commanders to restore the NFL team's name and image, and want the team's new stadium named for him.
The estate of Chief John Two Guns White Calf, a Blackfeet leader born on Montana's Blackfeet Indian Reservation, says the family was never consulted before the team, now the Washington Commanders, dropped the name and logo in 2020, amid long-standing objections from Native American activist groups that considered the name a slur, KRTV .
"They tried to erase us, like we didn't exist anymore," estate lead Kenneth Conway the television station in Great Falls, Montana.
Walter "Blackie" Wetzel, a Blackfeet tribal leader, created the logo in the early 1970s to honor White Calf. Morningstar Gopher, who handles media relations for the estate, Scripps News Group the chief "had a hold on the National Football League for 50 years."
The image "was never meant to cause harm," she said in remarks the Washington Examiner reported.
The family wants more than a reversal.
It the name and logo back, with its direct participation and blessing, and a new stadium named John Two Guns White Calf Memorial Stadium."
"Descendants of the Native American chief whose likeness inspired the Washington Redskins logo are the Commanders to restore the NFL team's name and image, and want the team's new stadium named for him.
The estate of Chief John Two Guns White Calf, a Blackfeet leader born on Montana's Blackfeet Indian Reservation, says the family was never consulted before the team, now the Washington Commanders, dropped the name and logo in 2020, amid long-standing objections from Native American activist groups that considered the name a slur, KRTV .
"They tried to erase us, like we didn't exist anymore," estate lead Kenneth Conway the television station in Great Falls, Montana.
Walter "Blackie" Wetzel, a Blackfeet tribal leader, created the logo in the early 1970s to honor White Calf. Morningstar Gopher, who handles media relations for the estate, Scripps News Group the chief "had a hold on the National Football League for 50 years."
The image "was never meant to cause harm," she said in remarks the Washington Examiner reported.
The family wants more than a reversal.
It the name and logo back, with its direct participation and blessing, and a new stadium named John Two Guns White Calf Memorial Stadium."
