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As I said last year - when the #Superbowl 
was the 49ers
and the Kansas City @Chiefs
As a former Sports Editor, and as a Native American journalist, I have a few things to say about this #AppropriationBowl.
The Chiefs are not honoring Native people. I'll explain in a #Thread. https://twitter.com/VinceSchilling/status/1219280045736415232
was the 49ersand the Kansas City @Chiefs
As a former Sports Editor, and as a Native American journalist, I have a few things to say about this #AppropriationBowl.
The Chiefs are not honoring Native people. I'll explain in a #Thread. https://twitter.com/VinceSchilling/status/1219280045736415232
I will repost my tweets from last year regarding the @Chiefs name as well as its team's history.
I type 'Kansas City Chiefs' into @Twitter Gif's and the offensive image of a man doing the #TomahawkChop in a headdress is an image that comes up.
Also, did you realize the @Chiefs got their name from a non-Native man who formed a fake Indian Boy Scout tribe, the Mic-O-Say?
Also, did you realize the @Chiefs got their name from a non-Native man who formed a fake Indian Boy Scout tribe, the Mic-O-Say?
In an article, I wrote: "The creation of the Mic-O-Say by Harold Roe Bartle, a non-Native man with a 25-cigar-a-day habit and a booming voice, was the man behind the catalyst leading to the eventual creation of the name for the Kansas City football team, the @Chiefs."
The Mic-O-Say became wildly popular and increased camp attendance in scout summer camps by young men who wished to incorporate Native American traditions into their scout activities. In 1928, Bartle was named the Scout Executive of the Kansas City area council.
Bartle was named Scout Executive of the Kansas City area council. Mic-O-Say was so successful, other camps were formed.
Bartle’s Mic-O-Say camp in Osceola, Missouri, now the ‘Bartle Scout Reservation” still exists TODAY.
So does the Mic-O-Say "Tribe" https://micosay.org
Bartle’s Mic-O-Say camp in Osceola, Missouri, now the ‘Bartle Scout Reservation” still exists TODAY.
So does the Mic-O-Say "Tribe" https://micosay.org
Bartle, who was known in many of his circles as ‘chief’ served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, for two terms. In 1962 he helped to persuade Lamar Hunt, the owner of Dallas Texans football team to bring his team to Kansas City.
Guess what Bartle asked the new team name to be?
Guess what Bartle asked the new team name to be?
The Kansas City @Chiefs got their name from a non-Native man, who created a fake Indian Boy Scout tribe and "reservation" camp that still exists today.
"How the Kansas City Chiefs got their name and the Boy Scout Tribe of Mic-O-Say"
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/how-the-kansas-city-chiefs-got-their-name-and-the-boy-scout-tribe-of-mic-o-say-rKgOKV-x5E6z5GQAUoxxUA
by @VinceSchilling
"How the Kansas City Chiefs got their name and the Boy Scout Tribe of Mic-O-Say"
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/how-the-kansas-city-chiefs-got-their-name-and-the-boy-scout-tribe-of-mic-o-say-rKgOKV-x5E6z5GQAUoxxUA
by @VinceSchilling
As a Native man, a Mohawk man, I ask that we spread awareness. Share our information, share our concerns.
If you support the @Chiefs, I support your right to do so.
But I ask that you not argue with me to change my position. Or tell me I should not be offended and be honored.
If you support the @Chiefs, I support your right to do so.
But I ask that you not argue with me to change my position. Or tell me I should not be offended and be honored.
As I have said, I support the NFL players who have worked very hard to achieve such athleticism.
But I think of my grandmother, who was so afraid to be Mohawk, she never uttered a word in her language to me. Lest I also be stolen away to boarding school.
I only ask for respect.
But I think of my grandmother, who was so afraid to be Mohawk, she never uttered a word in her language to me. Lest I also be stolen away to boarding school.
I only ask for respect.
So all said about the 2nd year of the #Superbowl aka the #AppropriationBowl
No doubt people will tell me to "Get Over It" or "Move On" but it isn't just about the team name. It is the sweeping approval from the @NFL to allow Tomahawk Chops and more at games.
#NoIWontJustMoveOn
aka the #AppropriationBowlNo doubt people will tell me to "Get Over It" or "Move On" but it isn't just about the team name. It is the sweeping approval from the @NFL to allow Tomahawk Chops and more at games.
#NoIWontJustMoveOn
The same with the @MLB with the Atlanta Braves
The Tomahawk Chop is a painful stereotype.
I found this Gif when searching "Atlanta Braves"
The Tomahawk Chop is a painful stereotype.
I found this Gif when searching "Atlanta Braves"
But no doubt, the @Chiefs and other terms such as #TomahawkChop will likely trend on Sunday.
People will forget a few days later, and yet the pain of Native stereotypes will still affect Native people.
People forget, but my friends and family are insulted daily.
People will forget a few days later, and yet the pain of Native stereotypes will still affect Native people.
People forget, but my friends and family are insulted daily.
Because I ask for the @Chiefs to change their name, I have been doxxed, insulted, received death threats, get calls, emails, and more.
But I will continue to share my perspective.
But I will continue to share my perspective.
