01:02USA: 'Change the name!' Native Americans mobilise against NFL's Redskins
Several hundred Native Americans and sympathisers gathered Sunday near the FedEx Field stadium, Maryland. The protesters assembled near the home ground of Washington Redskins to demonstrate against the name of its team. People of indigenous heritage and critics say the name is disrespectful and promotes ethnic stereotyping.
Redskin is thought by some people to be a reference to the skin tone of Native Americans, while others cite it as a term associated with the bounty given as proof that a Native American had been killed, often with the presentation of the scalp of an indigenous American.
The crowd held banners with slogans 'not your mascots,' 'no honour in racism' and 'change the name.' The protesters were met with negative reactions from groups of staunch Redskins fans. Redskins owner Daniel Snyder remains disillusioned about the protests over the use of the name, claiming it "honours" Native Americans. He has vowed never to change it.
01:02Several hundred Native Americans and sympathisers gathered Sunday near the FedEx Field stadium, Maryland. The protesters assembled near the home ground of Washington Redskins to demonstrate against the name of its team. People of indigenous heritage and critics say the name is disrespectful and promotes ethnic stereotyping.
Redskin is thought by some people to be a reference to the skin tone of Native Americans, while others cite it as a term associated with the bounty given as proof that a Native American had been killed, often with the presentation of the scalp of an indigenous American.
The crowd held banners with slogans 'not your mascots,' 'no honour in racism' and 'change the name.' The protesters were met with negative reactions from groups of staunch Redskins fans. Redskins owner Daniel Snyder remains disillusioned about the protests over the use of the name, claiming it "honours" Native Americans. He has vowed never to change it.