Redskins Owner Won't Budge on Name Change

Snyder and get Dell reportedly met in New York ahead of the league's Wednesday meeting with or night in Asian and other in Native American groups and other political leaders and media outlets who have been very very you know teed off an upset about this issue on them %uh the Redskins changing their name now according to according to The Washington Post mister schneider indicated om what Goodell has was indicated previously that the name is about strength courage pride and respect now I beg to differ here so I checked I checked with some folks who are involved in indigenous people and native culture I talk to the native youth leadership Alliance arm and a indicating a couple things the first thing that is very important to know about the Redskins to collect the most teams that are named after Indian tribe for Indian group for example Seminole Florida Seminoles writer the Florida State Seminoles they've been endorsed by the federally recognized tribe all the 503 to further recognized tribes in this country not one have endorsed the name or the use %uh Redskins beyond that a little bit of geography for you so Washington DC is in the mid-atlantic region on at the adlai on the you know be Coast love the country you'd argue 50 miles from system the coast and tribes generally are East Coast Drive jelly are a so they're they're not here you know they're they're the other traditional where are earned digis where is not our cultural wear whatever you wanna call it is not associated with brothers and you suppose as you know from the Redskins logo the Redskins believe in the use in this whole ordeal this brother and all that stuff which is really not associated with the trial anywhere on the East Coast all the tribes are usually those who were headdress and feathers are trials in action located in the plains region of the country so wrong region Wong tribe no tries recognize this and on top of that if you talk to be and what that need to be the native are youth Alliance leadership lives gives me they will also educate you that this name is a sore at the store are for them bring to pressure to the people that going around college buddy and we're all day nobody does its washing around calling somebody or red get all day it's very oppressive it's very wrong and they need to change in a min the fact that this team owner is big so defiant speaks volumes to his character America volumes to his character their way on down