Native Americans Fighting for a Return to the Washington Redskins Name

With the team under new ownership, hundreds of thousands of fans want their team back, says the group leading the effort to reclaim the name under which three super bowls were won.

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A Washington Redskins fan holds up a sign before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014. AP/Nick Wass

The National Football League, with its regular season just weeks away, is facing a blitz from the Native American Guardians Association, which says its “culture is under attack” and — vowing “to protect it, to defend it, and to save it” — demanding the that the new owners of Washington franchise restore its original name, Redskins.

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