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Originally Posted by Keino
Oddly enough this guy found the name offensive but was a fan of the team due to being a Washingtonian, Like me. He would refer to them as "The Washington Football team".
I forget what Tribe they were from.
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An NC Cherokee explained it to me once: she said that the potomac area natives were also Cherokee and they were called redskins by other cherokee because they would smear red clay on their face before battle. So, they didn't find it offensive.
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Originally Posted by Keino
Wasn't the trademark just cleared a few years ago? It just seems to me there shouldn't be a statute of limitations on this sort of thing and the ruling is a cop out. Not wanting to rule on the issue, she throws it out on a technicality.
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I don't know enough about the law on this to comment.