Quote Originally Posted by cwolff View Post
You can only take the name of your enemy after they've been vanquished. If the first nations stopped American expansion and maintained sovereignty in the West there's no way the football team from our nations capital would be called the Redskins. For hundreds of years settlers and pioneers lived under the threat of sudden death from the indigs they were replacing.

At some point will we have a new sports franchise called "The Tennessee Terrorists" or the "Oklahoma Bombers". Maybe an expansion team could be the "Pearl Harbor Zero's".

Sounds ridiculous but it only takes a little bit of time to turn your fear into a mascot. Almost as if that's the ultimate expression of conquering your fear as a people. A reverse of this is the "Freedom Fry" which is very recent example that words do have meaning within a culture.

I think this is why the First Nations have a point. They are standing up and saying that we can not forget what went into building this country. There were people here first and their children are still here. I hope they are successful and able to keep the history alive. It's unfortunate that they even have to fight for it but that's the way it goes.
Actually, new evidence suggests human existence in the Americas before the land bridge through the bearing straits. Strong evidence suggest they were from Europe. So... Were Europeans just taking their shit back then?