The Washington Commanders switched to their current identity only recently, having had three other names prior to that.

The Washington Football Team, which dropped the controversial name Redskins last year, has now banned fans from wearing Native American headdresses and face paint at its home stadium. The new ...

and he later wielded influence among Native American and white society. But if Walker’s ancestor served as a bridge between two worlds, Walker said the name of Washington’s football team is a ...

The Washington Redskins American football team has said it will ... ESPN also said it would stop using the team logo, which depicts a Native American man. The announcement does not immediately ...

As the Washington football team navigates its way forward ... To read more on the impact of Native American team names and mascots, see Kevin Gover’s commentary “Dear Dan Snyder: Don’t ...

The Washington ... advocating for the team (who changed their name four years ago) to go back to their old mascot. He claims to be speaking on behalf of a group of Native Americans who like ...

Jason Wright, president of the Washington ... the team are disgusted with the name of Commanders, and have asked the front office to go back to being the Redskins. Recently, the Native American ...

One of the NFL’s most storied rivalries didn’t start on the field or between the players. It began with owners Clint Murchison Jr., the son of a Texas oil tycoon, and George Preston Marshall, the ...