Canceled tribal chief White Calf, face of the Redskins, generates new support nationwide
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Native American leader White Calf, Blackfleet chief, was erased in cancel-culture efforts to tip public opinion against the Redskins name and log. Now, communities are standing up for history.
White Calf was the face of the NFL’s Washington Redskins for 48 years. Before receiving that honor, he was one of the most famous Native Americans of the 20th century. "The Redskins were the only minority representation in the entire NFL and it was a real person, not a mascot." "Chief Two Guns was very outspoken about U.S. policies and the mistreatment of Native Americans." "You take away self-esteem when you take away someone’s history." "They don’t put out accurate information because they don’t want people to know the real story." "The people that I’ve talked to — they have a sense of pride about our name, and about our mascot being the Redskins." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
But then his name, image, achievements — his very existence, really — were erased by the politically connected National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), headquartered in Washington, D.C.