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NonMetro

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22. True.

Reply to Reter (Reply #20)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 10:57 PM

Oct 2015

The name was meant to honor and remember the fighting spirit of Native Americans. Eliminating all the various team names, such as Braves, Chiefs, etc, Native American culture will not only have been submerged, but soon forgotten altogether.

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