Native American Mascot Research

For the past 30 years there has been many different arguments about us of Native Americans as mascots for sports team. One of the most well known arguments is of the Washington Redskins. The NFL commissioner conducted a pole in 2013 about whether or not the name was offensive to Native Americans. However, the people who took part in the survey were individuals who claimed then self's to be Indians which is why they did not take offense. While in an interview, real Native Americans expressed there true feeling about the team's name, which was that most Indians did take offense to the name and wanted a name change in the future. This is just one of the controversy's about the use of Indians as mascots. Controversy's like this have been seen throughout all professional sports and will always be seen.

Redskins Helmet 




http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/01/31/3233961/goodell-redskins-honor-native-americans/
http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/native-american-mascots-cost-chiefs-redskins-braves-and-indians-millions-study-says-041614