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Imagining the Indian

After Decades Of Pushback, The Washington Football Team Is Retiring Its Name

by Jessie Atkin | Jul 14, 2020 | Press Coverage

Our producer, Kevin Blackistone, discusses the latest news in the football team’s name change and learn how indigenous communities have been stereotyped on The Kojo Nnamdi Show.

Opinion | You Were Finally a Mensch, Mr. Snyder

by Jessie Atkin | Jul 13, 2020 | Press Coverage

Co-director and producer, Aviva Kempner, on the Washington NFL team’s announcement that they will officially be changing their name. “This corporate pressure to change the name is a new phenomenon. In past years, Native American activists, who consider the...

IMAGINING THE INDIAN Filmmakers’ Statement on the Washington Football Team Name Change

by Jessie Atkin | Jul 13, 2020 | Breaking News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMAGINING THE INDIAN Filmmakers’ Statement on the Washington Football Team Name Change  WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 13, 2020) The Filmmakers behind Imagining the Indian, a documentary film currently in production at The Ciesla Foundation about the...
Moment Magazine – “Opinion | You Were Finally a Mensch, Mr. Snyder”

Moment Magazine – “Opinion | You Were Finally a Mensch, Mr. Snyder”

by Jessie Atkin | Jul 13, 2020 | Press Coverage

“For the times, they are a-changin’,” should be a warning to Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington, DC football team with the controversial name, that his past declaration to never change the franchise’s name isn’t acceptable anymore as his sponsors are pulling out....
Redskins to Drop Name, Yielding to Pressure From Sponsors and Activists

Redskins to Drop Name, Yielding to Pressure From Sponsors and Activists

by Jessie Atkin | Jul 13, 2020 | Breaking News

The N.F.L. team in Washington announced Monday that it would drop its logo and “Redskins” from its name, yielding to sponsors and Native American activists who have long criticized it as a racist slur. The team, one of the oldest in the N.F.L., did not announce a new...
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