N/S Redskins likely to change name..What would be a good one? (Update: Redskins to announce name change)

LAhotsauce said
On subject, why can't they go the Florida St route and just name them after an actual native american nation of that area? Shawnee? Algonquins? Powhatan?

Algonquin refers to a language group.

DavidM said
Co-opting the identity, culture, or likeness of America's indigenous people, whose ancestors were victims of genocide and generations of marginalizing U.S. policy, might seem like an honor to some people, but is it really, when it's done by exploitative enterprises that weren't established by those indigenous people, nor originated in a way as to serve the interests of those people?

Even by conservative estimates, the vast majority of the Amerindian population died from diseases. However, US policy certainly victimized them. That being said, there is no better way to honor them than to adopted their name for locations, buildings, or sports teams. If not, then consider the ridiculousness of renaming streets and cities of any references as exploitive.

I personally find the image of the Native on the helmet to look quite noble and dignified which is ironically better than the Cleveland Indians earlier images used despite the use of an inoffensive name.