User talk:Jkappss/sandbox

This is the information I currently want to contribute on the topic "Redskins". In this sandbox draft, I have included the sources that I have used to find these contributions. However, the full detailed citations will be seen on the main Wikipedia pages I add too. Some of this information I have already added to the main Wikipedia page.

Some of the information seen below will stand as it's own paragraph, and others will add on to existing paragraphs for further information.

This here is a proposed section I would like to add to the "Pequot War" Wikipedia page aside from what I have already added to "Washington Redskins" and "Redskin" Wikipedia pages.

Contribution to Pequot War Page: Section title: Carnage and Bounty

Although scalping and mutilation has been practiced by both colonists and Indigenous peoples during the emergence of the nation state, such carnage can prominently be noted during the Pequot War. During this period, honor and reimbursement was given to those that brought back body parts, primarily heads and scalps, of Indigenous peoples. Colonists rationilized such mutilations based on a biblical story of David beheading Goliath. . This bounty and trophy system of body parts was just the start of the later prominent custom of scalp hunting later in the 17th century. . The scalps, heads, and body parts of Indigenous peoples were referred to using terms such as "redskins" or "head-skins". .

Contributions to Washington Redskin page:

17th century colonists, such as during the Pequot War, used the term to refer to the scalped bodies of Indigenous peoples. Amanda Blackhorse, social worker and activist for the Redskin name controversy, expressed regarding the issue, “it doesn’t make any sense”...“would you go around calling yourself atsiiziz?"(Navajo term for scalped enemy). Similar to “redskins”,“head-skins” was another term referring to the practice of scalping, a custom utilized by both colonists and Indigenous peoples. Jkappss (talk) 01:42, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, former Colorado Senator and only Indigenous member of congress at the time, proposed a bill in the 1990s that entailed the Washington Redskins only being able to build a new stadium on federal land if they discontinued incorporating the use of derogative racial terms. The administration of the former owner, Jack Kent Cooke, ensured that “the name was never intended to offend anyone”. In the words of current owner Daniel Snyder, the Washington Redskins team name is a “badge of honor” (Navajo Times). However, according to Senator Campbell, “whether it is considered [not] offensive by non-Indians is not the issue”... “it is offensive to us and caring, open-minded people will readily see why”.

Jkappss (talk) 01:42, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

The controversy to this poll was also expressed primarily in 2016 with the twitter hashtag #iamnativeiwasnotasked. Additionally, California State University Professor, Dr. James Fenelon, has also created a survey in which 67% of respondents found the team name offensive. This survey focused on Fenelon directly asking individuals with direct involvement and association to Indigenous groups and tribal involvement.

Jkappss (talk) 01:42, 20 April 2019 (UTC)