For longtime Kansas City residents . . . This report cuts to the core of our civic identity.
NATIVE LEADERS NEAR GREEN BAY SHAME THIS COWTOWN BY POLITELY ASKING KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FANS TO RESPECT THEIR CULTURE & TRADITIONS!!!
Translation . . .
Calmly, patiently . . . These leaders just tacitly called out the rudeness and disrespect of locals who adorn themselves in Native-American garb and support mascot mockery.
Here's the word . . .
Tribal leaders say the Packers don’t have an official policy banning headdresses at Lambeau Field, so they’re asking fans to stick to sporting their team’s colors and to avoid clothing and actions the Oneida Nation considers offensive and stereotypical.
“Hopefully that message comes across well and clear that it’s disrespectful to be dressing up in redface and headdresses and doing the tomahawk chop.” Said Tehassi Hill, the chairman of Oneida Nation. “You know, it’s very disrespectful and rude, to say the least.”
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Oneida Nation asks Kansas City Chiefs fans to respect their culture this weekend
"Hopefully that message comes across well and clear that it's disrespectful to be dressing up in redface and headdresses and doing the tomahawk chop." Said Tehassi Hill, the chairman of Oneida Nation.
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