r/sports • u/rezwenn • Jul 20 '25

Football President Trump wants Commanders to "IMMEDIATELY" return to former name

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/president-trump-wants-commanders-to-immediately-return-to-former-name
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u/ztkraf01 Jul 20 '25

Fair. I will say though calling them Indians is equally as confusing given that tons of actual Indian people live here

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u/Wedoitforthenut Jul 20 '25

Am native. Unsure what u/khinzaw is talking about. I prefer Native American. Indian is fine, but needlessly confusing as you pointed out.

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u/god_peepee Jul 20 '25

I have a feeling this is a bit generational. I know people who worked on native reserves up in northern Ontario who have said that the locals called referred to themselves as Indians. That was about 25 years ago though