Jason Kelce Said "Redskins" and the Blackfeet Family Behind the Logo Says He's Right

Jason Kelce set off a media firestorm this week when he called Washington’s NFL team the“Redskins”on NFL Network, six years after the franchise retired the name. But the loudest response didn’t come from pundits. It came from the White Calf family of the Blackfeet Nation, whose ancestor was the face of the team’s logo from 1972 to 2020. Chief John Two Guns White Calf’s portrait sat on those helmets for 48 years, and according to his descendants, nobody from the team or the league ever asked their opinion before the name and logo were dropped.

The family’s position is simple: Kelce is right. They say the logo carried real meaning because it was tied to a real person, and they want Chief Two Guns honored at the team’s new stadium, set to open in 2030. Complicating the narrative further, polls from Annenberg and the Washington Post found that about 90% of American Indians were not offended by the name, raising hard questions about who the change was actually made for.

This one cuts across sports, media, and culture all at once, and it isn’t going away. The family isn’t asking for the clock to be rewound, they’re asking for a seat at the table they were never given. So we want to hear from you: should the White Calf family have been consulted before the name change? Drop your take in the comments.