JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) _ Alaska’s largest tribe is boycotting FedEx until the company pulls its sponsorship from the Washington, D.C. NFL team or that team changes its name.
The Juneau Empire reports (https://bit.ly/1IkbHJe ) that the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced Thursday that it has told tribal employees that use of FedEx services will be discontinued because many consider the NFL team’s name to be derogatory to indigenous people.
FedEx is one of the team’s top sponsors. It purchased naming rights to the stadium in 1999.
Tribal President Richard Peterson says the council is exercising its strength financially to protest a name and mascot they consider derogatory.
Peterson says CCTHITA represents about 30,000 tribal citizens in Southeast Alaska and across the country.
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Information from: Juneau (Alaska) Empire, https://www.juneauempire.com
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