“Saying the Washington football team ‘honored Native Americans’ perpetuates a charade that dishonors Native people and their governments and erodes the reputation of the National Football League,” wrote Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the Indian Affairs Committee, and Rep. Tom Cole, member of the Native American Caucus, in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell obtained by The New York Times.

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