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  2. Kansas City Chiefs name controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Kansas City Chiefs is one of the professional sports teams involved in the controversy regarding the use of Native American names and imagery, but received less attention than other teams until 2013 when fan behavior at games, including stereotypical headdresses, face paint, performing a "war chant" and tomahawk chop became more publicly ...

  3. List of Native American leaders of the Indian Wars - Wikipedia

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    Odawa chief who resisted British settlement of the Great Lakes region during the Pontiac's Rebellion. Rain-in-the-Face. c. 1835–1905. 1860s–1870s. Hunkpapa Lakota. A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War. Red Cloud. 1822–1909. 1860s–1890s.

  4. Tall Chief - Wikipedia

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    Tall Chief. Tall Chief (ca. 1840–1918) was a hereditary chief of the Quapaw Tribe and a peyote roadman. [1][2][3] He served in this position after his father, Lame Chief, died in 1874, until his own death in 1918 at around 78 years old. [4] Tall Chief was the last individual to be selected in the traditional manner from a hereditary chief ...

  5. John Okemos - Wikipedia

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    Okemos and the other Native American chiefs signed the treaty with General Lewis Cass, giving up six million acres (24,000 km 2) of land in what is now southern Michigan to the United States government. Gravesite of Chief John Okemos. By the 1830s, Okemos was recognized as a leader not only of the Saginaw Chippewa, but of many other Ojibwa bands.

  6. The Chiefs offend some Native Americans. Here’s why this KC ...

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    While Prue wonders about the intent and context of when The Scout was built and installed — several years before Native Americans were at long last “granted” citizenship 100 years ago next ...

  7. NFL-Native American advocates say change to Chiefs name ... - AOL

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    When the Kansas City Chiefs take the field at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, thousands of fans will see the culmination of five decades of striving for the NFL's ultimate stage: the Super Bowl.

  8. List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous ...

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    Eberswalder Warriors, an American Football club in Eberswalde, Germany. Garland Aztecs, Garland, Texas - Semi-Pro. Mayas CDMX (Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional) - Mexico City, Mexico. Mexicas CDMX (Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional) - Mexico City, Mexico. Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) - While adopting Native American imagery, the team was ...

  9. Native Americans grapple with Chiefs Super Bowl celebrations

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    The Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs embarked on their victory lap Wednesday, with players and fans alike doing the “chop” during a raucous parade and rally. Indigenous people are ...