Rhonda LeValdo, a Native teacher, activist and subject of the doc 'Imagining the Indian,' writes about why she’s at the Super Bowl protesting the Chiefs’ name and chant
. But why do we need to prove this with quantitative data? If someone says it hurts them, we should believe them! No other group of people needs to prove this with numbers to say, “Oh okay, I believe them now.”
A historical perspective on our Native Nations needs to be understood by the public, which can be seen in the new documentary. There was a massive holocaust carried out against our people. Our lands were illegally stolen, our children were taken away to boarding schools, our ceremonies were forbidden, and our languages were told not to be spoken or face consequences like being beaten or having mouths washed out with soap.
So, we ask: Why is it okay for non-Native people to play Indian when we were not allowed to practice our culture? This is not about being politically correct. It is about understanding the atrocities and continued historical trauma we as Native people face through the stereotypes that Kansas City football perpetuates.
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