Post by scpg02 on Oct 1, 2014 6:16:01 GMT
One Native American family with Redskins ties disagrees on whether name is offensive
www.washingtonpost.com/local/one-native-american-family-with-redskins-ties-disagrees-on-whether-name-is-offensive/2014/07/06/ea8c5b46-fc8c-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html
Donald Wetzel Sr. knew what the Washington Redskins meant to his father. But it wasn’t until he stepped onto the team’s Virginia training grounds a few weeks ago that he learned what his father meant to the Redskins.
During a visit arranged by the franchise, he was shown a bronze statue of the team’s Indian head logo that he was told normally sits in owner Daniel Snyder’s office. On it were these words: “Walter S. Wetzel will forever be a part of the Redskins family because of his work in getting this logo put on the helmets.”
“It was just breathtaking to see that,” said Wetzel, 66. His late father, the former chairman of the Blackfeet Nation, would have been proud, he said. “He loved every part of the Redskins.”
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During a visit arranged by the franchise, he was shown a bronze statue of the team’s Indian head logo that he was told normally sits in owner Daniel Snyder’s office. On it were these words: “Walter S. Wetzel will forever be a part of the Redskins family because of his work in getting this logo put on the helmets.”
“It was just breathtaking to see that,” said Wetzel, 66. His late father, the former chairman of the Blackfeet Nation, would have been proud, he said. “He loved every part of the Redskins.”
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www.washingtonpost.com/local/one-native-american-family-with-redskins-ties-disagrees-on-whether-name-is-offensive/2014/07/06/ea8c5b46-fc8c-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html