Why is the black character shoved off to the side? Glad he actually made the cover. Usually Vanity Fair put black actors in the folded part. Reminds me of the movie Belle that I just watched where she’s looking at paintings and all the black folks are off to the side like that.

The “Native” in this case cannot be divorced from some 100 years of history of how this role and the “Pickanniny” tribe were performed in the theater and in Hollywood.

Ah, no. That tired argument is just tired and long debunked jondeaux.

His dad has been in DC since 1997 when he became head of the BIA. Gover attended Univ. of Virginia. Native people can move around the country, too, y'know.

Yes. Our largest national newspaper is called Indian Country Today —-> check it out: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/?gclid=CPTri6_…

My cat came running. She's still looking for the kitten in the speaker.

NARF - The esteemed Native American legal organization the Native Americans Rights Fund (NARF) sent Mark Yancey a cease and desist letter months ago I recall.

The issue is Redface and all the "Playing Indian" that goes on during games and the ugly stereotypes that opposing teams do. Also, Vikings are historical. Haven't existed for 1,000 years and the "Fighting Irish" are mascotting THEMSELVES. Notre Dame is a historically IRISH-Amerian institution. That's not appropriation…

Kevin Durant the Redsk*ns fan speaks. His Native American fans in Oklahoma were not happy with his Redsk*ns-themed birthday party at Nike HQ. Some were talking about going to his games in Blackface to let him know how it feels.

Google: cindy crawford beach. Plenty of candid photos of her taken recently in a bikini in real life that look nothing like this "unretouched shot" above.

The thing though is that the stupid stereotypes Native mascots promote hurt ALL Native people. Especially, when it's broadcast on national television. I mean that stupid Fake Indian music the FSU band kept playing incessantly? Their dumb Tomahawk chop and the Scalp Em signs? Nevermind the studies that show exposure to…

Native people are not just an Ethic group or Race-they are citizens of sovereign nations that persist. When the US Congress ratified treaties with tribes they recognized them as nations-not ethnic groups. And nations cannot treaty away their existence, so we still exist as nations within the US—not as ethnicities. I…

They are intended. Native people like at Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry oppose the mascotting of Native people to the exclusion of all other forms of portrayals in the media or in sports or in schools.

Thank Native people. We led this fight.

Yeah, and soon it will be CHEAP. They lost the Trademark.

They already lost the trademark. So there is that.

He has already lost the trademark rights. So the NFL loses out there. The other owners will not be happy when he's not contributing his share of the profits since they pool those.

His former GM said he'd change the name for a new stadium and the Super Bowl.

I think that is every day and every month?

Actually, this issue is led by Native people. Stop editing us out of this issue. NCAI has led this since the 1960's and Suzan Harjo has filed the TM cases since 1992. Now Native parents with Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry are leading the issue nationally.