Native Chief’s Family Seeks Redskins Name Return
21st October 2026
Descendants of the Native American chief whose likeness inspired the Washington Redskins logo are pressing the Commanders to restore the NFL team’s name and image, and want the team’s new stadium named for him.
The estate of Chief John Two Guns White Calf, a Blackfeet leader born on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation, says the family was never consulted before the team, now the Washington Commanders, dropped the name and logo in 2020, amid long-standing objections from Native American activist groups that considered the name a slur, KRTV reported.
“They tried to erase us, like we didn’t exist anymore,” estate lead Kenneth Conway told the television station in Great Falls, Montana.