Native American groups fought for years to get this city's National Football League team to change its name.
Now, President Donald Trump wants to change it back to a moniker many Native Americans consider offensive and disrespectful.
“No Native American child should have to sit through a pep rally or in a stadium where their culture is being mocked,” said Jacqueline De León, senior staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund.
Trump threatened over the weekend to block a deal to build a stadium in Washington, D.C., if the Washington Commanders team refuses to revert to the name it had from 1937 when the team moved from Boston until 2020.
'Whatever’s' should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team," Trump posted on his Truth Social site. “I may put a restriction on them [that] if they don’t change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins,' and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, 'Washington Commanders.'”
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