I think if you are Indigenous, using the symbols is fair game. I think sometimes (as in the case of native teams using Chief Wahoo), it's meant to be satirical or ironic. There have also been native teams using names like "Fighting Whities" and "Honkies", which I always took as a humorous way of pointing out the ridiculous situation of using indigenous symbols and caricatures. The sort of things stand-up comedians often do.
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