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For Native American activists, the Kansas City Chiefs have it all wrong

Rhonda LeValdo is exhausted, but she’s refusing to slow down. For the fourth time in five years, her hometown team and the focus of her decadeslong activism against the use of Native American imagery ...
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Native groups protest outside of Chiefs game, call team's American Indian Heritage Month efforts 'lip service'

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs honored Native American history and culture during the American Indian Heritage Month and Salute to Service game on Monday night. Outside of the gates, advocacy groups ...
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Kansas City Chiefs will honor Native groups at their next game. Advocates say that's not enough

Kansas City Indian Center and Not in Our Honor Coalition will be at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday to protest the Chiefs' name and appropriation of Native imagery. Kansas City Indian Center and the Not ...
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What roles did Minnesota's Native American chiefs play? And who were some notable ones?

It is a well-known image: A stoic Native American man in ceremonial garb with a feathered headdress. A chief. That portrait of strength and courage has been memorialized in films and statues, as well ...
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Ahead of Super Bowl, filmmakers challenge 'honor' of Kansas City Chiefs name, Native mascots: 'We are not OK with this'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native American activists speak out against racially charged mascots in the documentary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against ...