[Fozzie_DeBear]

An unexpected benefit from discussing this issue (for the First Nations Peoples) is that their history and grievances are brought into mainstream media for discussion.

The problem isn't the names/logos per se as much as:
-Ignorance of the abuse these people suffered
-Ignorance of the baggage associated with the names and their history
-People thinking it doesn't matter because they never thought of their sports teams being branded with racist icons (and since I'd wager that most people in this discussion are white they have little if any first hand experience of racist icons and attitudes).

I wonder if the Washington Redskins could do some ju juitsu on their name to go from a derogatory name to a name representing pan-Aboriginal unity and power?