Native American Rodeo Breaks With DC Football Team's Charity Over ‘Racial Slur’ Name

A Montana-based Native American rodeo competition has severed ties with the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation, the controversial charitable organization backed by Washington’s NFL franchise, because of the team’s continued use of a nickname the rodeo’s organizers consider a “racial slur.” 

The Indian National Finals Rodeo, which says it is the U.S.' and Canada's largest rodeo organization for Native Americans, is the latest of a number of groups that have rejected or returned donations from the foundation. OAF has drawn the ire of many Native American organizations since it launched last year.