Santa Cruz Sentinel - Protesters burn coffin of Chief Wahoo
Protesters laid Chief Wahoo (of the Cleveland Indians) to rest by setting his coffin on fire. "This is the most racist symbol in the country," said Charlene Teters. About 40 people gathered outside Jacobs Field to demonstrate against the degrading image of American Indians.
This isn't the first time the "Redskins" trademark registration has been cancelled
A 2013 Native American protest of the team name. Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post
The Lanham Act of 1946 holds that "No trademark… shall be refused registration on the principal register on account of its nature unless it consists of… matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs."
For decades, various groups of Native Americans have been trying to use this law to cancel the "Redskins" trademark registration. In 1992, a group led by Suzan S. Harjo filed a similar suit, and the Patent and Trademark Office agreed with them in 1999, canceling the trademark registration.
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.
