Article content Edmonton’s Canadian Football League team is nameless no more. On Tuesday, the club announced it will now be known as the Edmonton Elks, complete with a fully polished commercial displaying the new yellow logo on green helmets, as well as green antlers on gold helmets. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Edmonton Elks new name for CFL team Back to video It’s the culmination of a renaming process that began June 21, 2020, when the club announced it discontinuing use the century-old name Eskimos, which is seen as both derogatory and racist toward Inuit people.