Cross-Posted from the DC Independent Media Center

The Oneida Indian Nation has launched a new campaign to end the use of the racial slur “redskins” as the mascot and the name of the NFL team.

George Preston Marshall, the founder and namer of the team, “Redskins”, was a vehement racist that was forced to hire an African-American player in 1962 when Interior Secretary Stewart Udall and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy threatened to revoke the Redskins’ 30-year lease on the D.C. Stadium, (now RFK Stadium.)

George Preston Marshall set up a foundation for $6 million with the qualification that none of it could be used “for any purpose which supports or employs the principle of racial integration.”

The Racist Redskins: www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/racist-redskins/

Oneida Indian Nation to Daniel Snyder: Stop Trying to Rewrite History: www.oneidaindiannation.com/pressroom/Oneida-Indian-Nation-to-Daniel-Snyder-Stop-Trying-to-Rewrite-History-and-Instead-Rewrite-Your-Letter-to-Season-Ticket-Holders-227577001.html