In Washington, D.C., the owner of the NFL team there continues a legal battle after the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the trademarks of the Redskins. Amanda Blackhorse, the woman behind that case, told The Star in June that the fight would come to the Chiefs soon enough.
Increasingly, the Chiefs are insulating themselves from that fight. It’s similar to the strategy used by the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and the Florida State Seminoles. It’s basically the opposite strategy used by the NFL team in Washington.
Native Americans gaining ground in their quest to educate public about traditional headdresses
“I think we have the same goals,” says John Learned, president and CEO of the American Indian Center of the Great Plains in Kansas City.
“We have an opportunity to re-engage and to understand what it is to respect cultures,” says Gena Timberman, an advisory member of Learned’s group.
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Increasingly, the Chiefs are insulating themselves from that fight. It’s similar to the strategy used by the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and the Florida State Seminoles. It’s basically the opposite strategy used by the NFL team in Washington.
Native Americans gaining ground in their quest to educate public about traditional headdresses
“I think we have the same goals,” says John Learned, president and CEO of the American Indian Center of the Great Plains in Kansas City.
“We have an opportunity to re-engage and to understand what it is to respect cultures,” says Gena Timberman, an advisory member of Learned’s group.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article1161612.html#storylink=cpy
