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THE REDSKINS.
A POWERFUL VIDEO SHOWS THESE
GROUPS WILL NOT BACK DOWN IN
THIS CONFRONTATION.
IT HAS THE LOOK OF A PROMOTIONAL
VIDEO FOR NATIVE AMERICAN
TOURIST SPOTS.
>> IT'S NOT UNTIL THE END WHEN
THEIR MESSAGE IS DELIVERED.
>> NATIVE AMERICANS CALL
THEMSELVES MANY THINGS.
THE ONE THING THEY DON'T --
>> THIS POWERFUL ONLINE VIDEO,
TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE SUPER
BOWL IS ANOTHER WAY NATIVE
AMERICAN GROUPS ARE CALLING
ATTENTION TO THEIR FIGHT.
>> WE CONTINUE TO SEE
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE WASHINGTON
FOOTBALL TEAM THAT HAVE RESISTED
THAT AND CONTINUE TO RESEITZ.
>> THE REDSKINS ARE FIRING BACK
THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY.
>> THERE SHOULD NOT BE A NAME
CHANGE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE, NOT ABOUT
DISRESPECT, IT'S ABOUT LOVING
THE REDSKINS.
>> A POLL THIS YEAR SHOWED FOUR
OUT OF FIVE AMERICANS DON'T
THINK THE REDSKINS NAME SHOULD
BE CHANGED.
THERE WAS ONE POLL WHICH ASKED
NATIVE AMERICANS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT IT TAKEN ALMOST A DECADE
AGO.
THAT SURVEY SHOWED NINE OUT OF
TEN NATIVE AMERICANS WERE NOT
BOTHERED BY THE NAME.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
POLLING THAT SHOWS MANY NATIVE
AMERICANS AREN'T OFFENDED AND
MANY OTHERS DON'T WANT THAT
CHANGED.
>> IT'S A DICTIONARY DEFINED
RACIAL EPITHET.
>> HE'S REFERRING TO THE
WEBSTER'S DEFINITION OF REDSKIN
WHICH SAYS IT'S USUALLY
OFFENSIVE.
NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL
WEIGHED IN AT THE SUPER BOWL.
>> LET ME REMIND YOU, THIS IS
THE NAME OF A FOOTBALL TEAM.
A FOOTBALL TEAM THAT'S HAD THAT
NAME FOR 80 YEARS AND HAS
PRESENTED THE NAME IN A WAY THAT
IS HONORED NATIVE AMERICANS.
>> REDSKINS OWNER DAN SNYDER,
WON OF 32 OWNERS WHO GOODELL
WORKS FOR, SAID RECENTLY HE'LL
NEVER CHANGE THE NAME.
WITH BOTH SIDES DUG IN --
>> IS THERE A REALISTIC CHANCE
THE TEAM WILL EVER CHANGE ITS
NAME?
>> I THINK THERE'S A REALISTIC
CHANCE IF IT AFFECTS SALES, IF
SUDDENLY IT'S NO LONGER ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR, YOU KNOW,
MERCHANDISE DRIVERS FOR THE
LEAGUE.
IT GENERATES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF MONEY FOR THE LEAGUE.
IF THAT CHANGES, IF PEOPLE STOP
VOTING WITH THEIR POCKETBOOKS,
YEAH, THEN IT'LL CHANGE.
>> NOW THE REDSKINS JUST
RESPONDED TO THE ONLINE VIDEO BY