Protesters march, rally against Washington team's name before Vikings game

Oct 25, 20190

Richard Tsong-Taatarii – Minneapolis Star Tribune count

Janice Erickson of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior wanted to meet Mayor Jacob Frey. Protesters gathered at the Commons to rally against the use of the "Redskins" name .

Richard Tsong-Taatarii – Minneapolis Star Tribune count

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan spoke to protesters marched from Peavey Park to U.S. Bank Stadium to protest the use of the "Redskins" name of the Washington football team.

Chanting, "We are not your mascot," several hundred protesters rallied Thursday in downtown Minneapolis ahead of the Vikings' game against the Washington Redskins, denouncing the team's name as racist and degrading to American Indians.

Among several impassioned speakers outside U.S. Bank Stadium was Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, who recalled how her daughter recently learned of the team's name and said, "Mommy, that's not right. We're not animals. We're people. We're not mascots."

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