{"id":12820,"date":"2014-05-20T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2014-05-20T01:26:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:26:16","slug":"proud-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/20\/proud-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is not intended to trash football.  I barely tolerate the NFL, some of the management, and some of the players, because I developed an abiding love of the game itself as a player.  Therefore I\u2019m a fairly extreme fan.  Nevertheless, I fully support the efforts of Proud To Be<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Two prominent groups that have led the campaign against the name of the Washington Redskins launched their newest campaign Monday, a photo project that highlights what Native Americans and their allies are \u201cproud to be.\u201d <\/p>\n

The project is backed by the National Congress of American Indians and the Oneida Indian Nation of New York\u2019s Change The Mascot campaign. The #ProudToBe project features photographs of prominent Native American leaders, members of Congress, and others who have spoken out against the name in the last year. The first round of pictures includes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and D.C. Councilman David Grosso holding signs against the name. It also includes photos gathered on social media of Native Americans holding #ProudToBe signs, and asks others who support the movement to submit their own<\/a> on the Change The Mascot campaign\u2019s web site.<\/p>\n

Reid, Cantwell, and Grosso are among the political leaders that have spoken out against the continued use of \u201cRedskins.\u201d Reid has repeatedly called<\/a> on the NFL to change the name; Cantwell, as the former chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, has co-authored a letter<\/a> to the league calling for a change and met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell<\/a> to push for a new name; Grosso led an effort<\/a> to pass a council resolution condemning the name and has said that he would never vote to fund a new D.C. stadium for the team until it changed its name.<\/p>\n

The Proud To Be campaign is a spin-off of a video advertisement<\/a> by the same name that NCAI released before this year\u2019s Super Bowl\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here is that video.<\/font><\/p>\n