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One of the Native American Guardian’s Association (NAGA) chief aims is to keep American Indians from being a vanishing race as they were often referred to over a hundred years ago. They consider banishing team names, specifically Redskins, as part of the effort to disappear American Indians. On Monday of last week, NAGA filed a lawsuit for $1M+ in North Dakota, the organization’s home state, against the Washington Commanders for defamation and conspiracy. Named specially in the suit are owner Josh Harris, employee Matthew Laux, and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

The defamation charge resulted from an interchange between Mr. Laux and Christina King that was previously mentioned on this blog. After Ms. King informed Laux that she and her sister would not come back as luxury suite owners until the team changes it name back to Redskins. Laux responded, “You understand the people [NAGA] that started this petition is a fake group, right?”

When confronted with the defamation suit, the team responded that Laux, a premium-seat sales manager, did not represent the team. One might conclude that it would have been necessary for him to represent the team during negotiations with customers when he was selling their highest-priced boxes and suites.

Also named in the suit is the NCAI, an organization funded by taxpayers and George Soros.[1] The NCAI issued a report in 2013 that claimed Native American images, such as the Redskins Chief White Calf logo, fueled low self-esteem, suicides, and racial violence in Native American communities without mentioning Tammany and White Calf, who inspired the Redskins imagery.

NAGA claims NCAI contributes to a legacy of cultural oppression suffered by indigenous peoples:

“NCAI is on a mission to eradicate Native American history. The more teams that ignorantly bend, the more power NCAI retains,” the complaint states.

“The powerful few, do not get to have a monopoly on the narrative. They cannot eradicate Native American history from the hearts and minds of Americans.”

Naga states, “The Redskins (were) the only team in the National Football League (NFL) to honor an actual Native American.”

To be continued

[1] George Soros is a far left wing billionaire known most recently for funding the political campaigns of district attorneys around the country who choose not to prosecute criminals or to not require cash bail for defendents.

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