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In the topsy-turvy debate over the use of Indian mascots, no sports team has been at the wrong end of the proverbial scalping more often than the Washington Redskins.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)

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* In the topsy-turvy debate over the use of Indian mascots, no sports team has been at the wrong end of the proverbial scalping more often than the Washington Redskins. Inveterate Indian activist Suzan Shown Harjo has been on the warpath for 13 years, repeatedly suing the Redskins in an attempt to deprive the team of hard-earned wampum. Yet even in war, hope springs eternal, and a peace pipe may soon be in the offing: Ives Goddard, senior linguist at the Smithsonian Institute, powwowed with the term redskin for seven months and came to the conclusion that it ...

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