Native American mascots in professional sports

(Editor’s note: In our fourth installment of our “What’s in a Name?” coverage package, former Editor in Chief Rachel Cohen reports on the use of Native American culture as mascots and nicknames for professional sports teams. These teams include the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago Blackhawks. Some users have been experiencing difficulties with getting the embedded Adobe Spark page to display on the Google Chrome browser; the article appears to display correctly on other browsers. The PV Student Publication is working on resolving this issue.)

Native American mascots in professional sports