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Native American Son of Redskins Logo Designer Upset About Name Change

Earlier this year the family members of the Black actress who played Aunt Jemima said they were upset after Quaker Oats discontinued the brand.

Now history is repeating itself.

After the Washington Redskins recently announced they're going to change their team's name and logo the son of the Native American who designed the logo said he's very upset to see his father's work get canceled by white liberals.

Darren Haynes reports:

Washington's logo has been an Indian chief since 1971. It was designed by Native American Walter “Blackie” Wetzel to depict a member of the Blackfeet tribe.
Wetzel grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana and was eventually elected president of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C.
He was instrumental in the Redskins franchise logo change from an “R” to the current depiction of a Native American.
According to Wetzel's son, Lance, the logo is not offensive, but rather evokes a sense of pride.
"Everyone was pretty upset (about the change)," Lance Wetzel said. "Everyone understood the name change we were all on board with that. Once they weren't going to use the logo, it was hard. It takes away from the Native Americans. When I see that logo, I take pride in it. You look at the depiction of the Redskins logo and it’s of a true Native American. I always felt it was representing my people. That's not gone"
The Redskins logo is a picture of John "Two Guns" White Calf, a Blackfeet Chief who also appears on the Buffalo Nickel.

Blackfoot chief who is said to be one the models for James Earl Fraser's composite profile on the Indian head nickel. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)


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