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Kansas City Chiefs fans still do the tomahawk chop, shown here at the start of an October home game against the New England Patriots.
Kansas Citians who drive the highways around the area know billboards and signs featuring players or logos of the Chiefs are plentiful.
But where I-435 flies over East 104
th Street, just west of the Blue River, a new billboard has appeared. It’s red with yellow and white lettering, like so many others. Except this one says, “Change the name and stop the chop.”
Gaylene Crouser is the executive director of the Kansas City Indian Center and an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
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Headdresses and face paint are no longer allowed in Arrowhead Stadium, but Kansas City Chiefs fans still do the tomahawk chop, shown here at the start of an October game against the New England Patriots.
The Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the biggest stage in football and, once again, protesters are calling out the team’s troublesome traditions that borrow from Native American culture.
Kansas Citians who drive the highways around the area know billboards and signs featuring players or logos of the Chiefs are plentiful.
But where I-435 flies over East 104
th Street, just west of the Blue River, a new billboard has appeared. It’s red with yellow and white lettering, like so many others. Except this one says, “Change the name and stop the chop.”
The first discussion Saturday is focused on the topic of religious freedom, in which experts will discuss the important role religion has played in shaping the nation.