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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team’s name disparaging to Native Americans. The current lawsuit was brought eight years ago by Amanda Blackhorse, Phillip Glover, Marcus Briggs-Cloud, Jillian Pappan and Courtney Tsotigh . It is a great victory for Native Americans and for all Americans, Blackhorse said in a statement. I hope this ruling brings us a step closer to that inevitable day when the name of the Washington football team will be changed. The Redskins name change controversy has been gathering steam over the past few years. U.S. senators, former and current NFL players and others all have called for team owner Dan Snyder to change the name.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:15:33 +0000

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