The NFL won’t acknowledge it erased a Native American

Published September 20, 2024 6:04am ET



The name John Two Guns White Calf likely doesn’t mean anything to most people, but whether they know it or not, the nation’s legions of football fans have seen his picture.

Until 2020, the likeness of Two Guns White Calf adorned the helmets, jerseys, merchandise, field, and facilities of the Washington Redskins. But that year, as cities across the country burned at the hands of Black Lives Matter activists, the franchise caved to external pressure and announced that it would retire the name “Redskins” and with it, condemn the likeness of Two Guns White Calf to the ash heap of history.

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