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Washington’s NFL team has always used pretendians to excuse the team’s racist mascot

In the 1980’s, every Washington R–skins Football game began with Princess “Pale Moon” Rose, in full buckskin regalia, singing the National Anthem. As Native protest over the mascot mounted, Princess Pale Moon, as an Ojibwe and Cherokee woman, defended it. Rita Sentz — her legal name — symbolized Native support for the team. The only […]

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