{"id":631,"date":"2020-09-01T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2020-09-01T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:43:38","slug":"indian-reservations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/indian-reservations\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Reservations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is it time for a (Cleveland) Indians name change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early July, the NFL Redskins announced the decision to change their name. &nbsp; The Washington owner, just a few years ago, said he\u2019d consider changing the name never.&nbsp; The time collapse seemed to arrive overnight, driven by pressure from corporate sponsors \u2014 for one, Fed Ex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days later the MLB Cleveland Indians tweeted \u201crecent social unrest\u201d as opportunity for a \u201cbest path forward\u201d regarding their name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crystal Echo Hawk is a Pawnee.\u00a0 She founded <a href=\"https:\/\/illuminatives.org\/nefa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illuminatives.org<\/a>, a nonprofit initiative designed to \u201cincrease the visibility of \u2013 and challenge the negative narrative about \u2013 Native Nations and Native peoples in American society.\u201d \u00a0 She sponsors research on the effects of American Indian imagery on children.\u00a0 A peer-reviewed research poll conducted a few years ago showed 65% of Native youth are highly offended and opposed to Native mascots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditionalists cite a 2004 Annenberg Public Policy Center poll that found nine out of 10 Native Americans were not offended by the Redskins name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a July 7<sup>th<\/sup> \u201ceditorial board roundtable\u201d, eight writers for the Cleveland Plain Dealer weighed in.&nbsp; Four said yes, change the name.&nbsp; One said no, bad timing, citing recent public distaste for the&nbsp; \u201cmoney-grubbing\u201d pandemic re-start negotiations.&nbsp; The other three hedged: one said we should assess our values, another suggested educational displays, and the last offered, oddly, that the name wasn\u2019t important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of secondary schools call themselves Indians in the U.S.&nbsp; And as of 2014, more than fifty use Redskins, of which three were majority Native American schools.&nbsp; Dan Snyder had offered one, the Red Mesa (Arizona) Redskins football team, a free flight across the country to attend an NFL Redskins game.&nbsp; They accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Red Mesa High\u2019s water fountains were cut off due to arsenic and uranium contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/indian-reservations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it time for a (Cleveland) Indians name change? 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