A dispute that started in 1991 over the NFL’s Washington Redskins name has reached the United States Supreme Court. The lawyer for the plaintiffs, a group of Native Americans, filed a petition for certiorari in the case titled Susan Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc.  He said

“This is a derogatory term for Indians that sticks out like an anomaly,” said Mause today. “No other group still has to deal with this kind of a term being used” in such a public and widespread way.

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