The Washington Commanders were formerly the Washington Redskins but the name was dropped in 2020 because it was considered racist. But the logo of the Native American may be coming back.
The NFL and the Commanders have begun ‘good faith negotiations’ to allow the Redskins logo to be used once again. The logo was designed by the late Walter “Blackie” Wetzel, an advocate for Indigenous communities, and Chairman of the Blackfeet Tribe and President of the National Congress of American Indians. He created it in the 1970s to “symbolize and pay tribute to Indigenous populations.” His family and several tribes have petitioned to get the logo back into use.
This doesn’t mean that the Commanders will revert to the Redskins name. There are reports that the team’s owner and the NFL’s Roger Goodell are currently meeting with Senate Leader John Thune to discuss renaming the team to its original name and bringing back the old logo but that is unconfirmed. It may be just the old logo and the new name for now.
