2014, Oct 31st - Demonstration against Washington Redskins

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• "This movement is helping people realize the power that they hold... and helps to undo the layers of trauma an societal problems that we carry."
• "They start to understand who they are as indigenous people — not primitive, not savages, not mascots — they are who they define themselves to be."
• "If we can stand up to a billion dollar franchise and demand respect, we can do the same thing in our communities." - Amanda Blackhorse.

 Megan Finnerty, The Republic | azcentral.com10:59 a.m. MST October 31, 2014

On Sunday morning, three marches from different locations in Minneapolis will bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of protesters, including Arizona's Amanda Blackhorse, to the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium.

Just before the football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins, Native American advocates and allies will rally to protest the NFL's use of a word they, and eight mainstream dictionaries, define as a slur.

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