Redskins will "never" change name

[carlfense]

I will admit that I am not wholly in tune to everything going on at every reservation in America. But I have made some observations when I have driven through or past them. Or have read about them in the news. The thing I notice is that it all starts with the leadership.

 

I drive through Winnebago, NE every time I visit family in Nebraska. When I was a kid, that place was a hole. The old joke was that they had to call timeouts during football games because they would have to chase stray dogs off of the field.

 

Today, that place puts almost every other small town in the area to shame. Their football field rivals those at Omaha and possibly some in Texas and California. They have a brand new shopping center and a magnificent school and hospital. I realize that a good portion of their money came from casino dollars but still, the leaders of that community saw what Winnebago was and made it into what they wanted it to be.

 

I believe that if anyone wants ideas on how to improve conditions, they need to look there first. Obviously it will not take hold in every part of the US but there is something about how that town is being run that people could learn from.

Ho Chunk has done well. That said, the same old problems of poverty, alcohol, and drugs are just behind that glossy surface.

[BigRedBuster]

Pumping more money into infrastructure or housing is all fine and dandy but that doesn't fix the problem.

 

I remember one time in college I went home to Valentine with some friends. In the afternoon, for some reason, we decided to take a drive up to the res. One scene I remember clearly was a few brand new houses that were built (I think) by the government. One of the indians had then cut the all out of his bathroom so he could water his horses from his bath tub.

 

This stuff doesn't change until people take pride in what they have. If it is given to them, they don't take pride in it. They aren't going to be able to do it for themselves until they decide alcohol and drugs aren't the solution to life and there is a better way of living than off of the government.

[walksalone]

Pumping more money into infrastructure or housing is all fine and dandy but that doesn't fix the problem.

 

I remember one time in college I went home to Valentine with some friends. In the afternoon, for some reason, we decided to take a drive up to the res. One scene I remember clearly was a few brand new houses that were built (I think) by the government. One of the indians had then cut the all out of his bathroom so he could water his horses from his bath tub.

 

This stuff doesn't change until people take pride in what they have. If it is given to them, they don't take pride in it. They aren't going to be able to do it for themselves until they decide alcohol and drugs aren't the solution to life and there is a better way of living than off of the government.

 

The "res" you are referring to is the Rosebud, where I was born. As sh**ty as it is, its not as bad as the Pine Ridge...

 

http://www.aaronhuey.com/#/national-geographic-magazine---pine-ridge/Press_NG_cover

[StPaulHusker]

Pumping more money into infrastructure or housing is all fine and dandy but that doesn't fix the problem.

 

I remember one time in college I went home to Valentine with some friends. In the afternoon, for some reason, we decided to take a drive up to the res. One scene I remember clearly was a few brand new houses that were built (I think) by the government. One of the indians had then cut the all out of his bathroom so he could water his horses from his bath tub.

 

This stuff doesn't change until people take pride in what they have. If it is given to them, they don't take pride in it. They aren't going to be able to do it for themselves until they decide alcohol and drugs aren't the solution to life and there is a better way of living than off of the government.

 

The "res" you are referring to is the Rosebud, where I was born. As sh**ty as it is, its not as bad as the Pine Ridge...

 

http://www.aaronhuey.../Press_NG_cover

Pine Ridge is in terrible shape. My church, along with several other churches, send people there to do mission work. It seemed like year after year anything they did to help was appreciated at the time but by the next year, it had all come undone. It's a shame really that our country allows people to live like they do.

[Mavric]

You can't make this stuff up:

 

The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds.

 

In 2009, the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted the National Native American Law Enforcement Association, headed by Gary Edwards, to recruit Native Americans to work as law enforcement officer on reservation lands. (It's that same Gary Edwards who now runs Snyder's O.A.F.) But an investigation by the Department of the Interior found that the NNALEA spent nearly the entire $1 million without providing anything in return.

Deadspin

[StPaulHusker]

You can't make this stuff up:

 

The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds.

 

In 2009, the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted the National Native American Law Enforcement Association, headed by Gary Edwards, to recruit Native Americans to work as law enforcement officer on reservation lands. (It's that same Gary Edwards who now runs Snyder's O.A.F.) But an investigation by the Department of the Interior found that the NNALEA spent nearly the entire $1 million without providing anything in return.

Deadspin

And then Stephen Colbert said this and no one got the joke.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/03/28/stephen-colbert-racism-cancelcolbert-campaign/?intcmp=features

[Hooked on Huskers]

What's the difference between Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins?

 

 

I graduated from Sioux Falls Washington Warriors (Nathan Gerry and Ryan Schuler too)

 

Simple solution.....Native Americans vote. My guess, NA's chose to keep the same as Redskins motto and face.....in other words, unchanged, probably lopsided vote.

[Hooked on Huskers]

 

Illiniwek. University of Illinois mascot. Used to be. Now buried, not Native Americans voice but left-wingers.

 

Again, what's the difference between Florida State and U. of Illinois? I don't get it.

 

[walksalone]

Not for nothing, but the Oneida Nation, the group that primarily has a beef with the "Redskins" about there name are a bunch of punks. They were neutral during the French and Indian war and sided with the Brits during the Revolutionary War. They're a bunch of apples that are content making money with their multiple casino's and only grasping onto "tradition" when it benefits them...

[Landlord]

Not for nothing, but the Oneida Nation, the group that primarily has a beef with the "Redskins" about there name are a bunch of punks. They were neutral during the French and Indian war and sided with the Brits during the Revolutionary War. They're a bunch of apples that are content making money with their multiple casino's and only grasping onto "tradition" when it benefits them...

 

 

I don't know much about the Oneida tribe, but you can't take things that other people did hundreds of years ago and ascribe them to the character of people living today

 

Unless I'm no better than a slave-owning bigot. :/

[walksalone]

Not for nothing, but the Oneida Nation, the group that primarily has a beef with the "Redskins" about there name are a bunch of punks. They were neutral during the French and Indian war and sided with the Brits during the Revolutionary War. They're a bunch of apples that are content making money with their multiple casino's and only grasping onto "tradition" when it benefits them...

 

 

I don't know much about the Oneida tribe, but you can't take things that other people did hundreds of years ago and ascribe them to the character of people living today

 

Unless I'm no better than a slave-owning bigot. :/

 

Prime example, they did nothing but roll over to the U.S. Gov't, and I'm willing to bet they get tax breaks, gov't assistance, etc...

 

Where as the Lakota get jack and sh*t, because they stood up against folks coming from the east...

[GSG]

Redskins tell fans to tweet senator who's calling for name change

 

What could go wrong?

 

Washington Redskins ‏@Redskins

Tweet @SenatorReid to show your #RedskinsPride and tell him what the team means to you.

[The Dude]

Kind of cringe-worthy they would want to put up such a fight to keep such a blatantly racist team name.

 

The marketing possibilities of an updated team name could be endless. No one ever accused Dan Snyder of being smart, I guess.

[Junior]

Redskins tell fans to tweet senator who's calling for name change

 

What could go wrong?

 

Washington Redskins ‏@Redskins

Tweet @SenatorReid to show your #RedskinsPride and tell him what the team means to you.

 

#brilliant

[walksalone]

I need to drive down to D.C., have about a 15 minute talk with Mr. Snyder, and explain to him how he keeps stepping on his richard, and the things he could do to fix this problem...