It's pretty simple, they're humans, not mascots. Do you think Comanches felt honored that eplanit in their summer camp won the hot-dog eating contest 'for' the

It's pretty simple, they're humans, not mascots. Do you think Comanches felt honored that eplanit in their summer camp won the hot-dog eating contest 'for' the Comanches? Do you think a single Native will bat an eye if eplanit no longer wears an 'Apaches are strong' T-Shirt? You want to honor the Natives? Do something that helps them legislatively, e.g. change the boundary conditions that would allow for houses to be bought and generational wealth be accumulated in Reservations. And frankly, what people want their mascots to be is hardly the imperative here. It stops at the point when they choose real life human beings without consent and likely against their will. I don't understand what's so complicated about it.