WASHINGTON - Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder says its time to put some money behind his claim that his teams nickname honours Native Americans.
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Monday hes creating a foundation to assist American Indian tribes, even as some
in that community continue to assert that the name "Redskins" is offensive. "Its
not enough to celebrate the values and heritage of Native Americans," Snyder
said in a letter to the teams fans. "We must do more." The letter states the
Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation will "provide meaningful and
measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities" for Native Americans.
The announcement did not state whether Snyder will personally donate any money
to the foundation and gave no other financial details. A major opponent of the
nickname said Snyders move was "somewhere between a PR assault and bribery."
Suzan Shown Harjo, a lead figure in a long-running case that seeks to strip the
Redskins of their federal trademark protection, told The Associated Press that
Snyder is showing the "same arrogance" that hes shown previously when defending
the nickname. "Im glad that hes had a realization that Native Americans have it
tough in the United States," Harjo said. "All sorts of people could have told
him that, and have been trying to tell him that for a long time." Snyder again
gave no indication he plans to change the teams name. He said he believes "even
more firmly" the name "captures the best of who we are and who we can be, by
staying true to our history and honouring the deep and enduring values our name
represents." Snyder has come under unprecedented pressure to change the name
over the last year. President Barack Obama told the AP in October he would
consider changing the name if he owned the team. Harjo said the refusal to budge
on the name will offset, at least in part, the good that is done with the
foundations money. "Will (the foundation) do much of anything? No. But it
probably wont hurt," Harjo said, "except that it will continue the cycle of
negative imaging of Native American people in the public arena." In the letter,
Snyder said he and his staff visited 26 reservations over the last four months.
He listed poverty, illness, drug abuse, violence and lack of basic
infrastructure as among the problems faced by Native Americans. "Ive listened.
Ive learned. And frankly, its heart wrenching," the letter said. Harjo wondered
why Snyder, who has owned the team since 1999, is only just now reaching out to
Native Americans. "Its sort of an admission that he was losing the PR battle,"
she said. "So now hes gone out to find the real story — as if someone was hiding
the real story about pressing needs in Indian country."
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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. -- The Grand Rapids Griffins are back atop the Western
Conference thanks to a gritty come-from-behind win Saturday night. The Griffins
scored five unanswered goals to defeat the Abbotsford Heat 5-2 in American
Hockey League action. With his club down 2-0 after 20 minutes of action, head
coach Jeff Blashill made a goaltending change that seemed to spark his club. Tom
McCollum allowed two goals on 10 shots, but Petr Mrazek came in and stopped all
13 shots he faced. "It wasnt Tommys fault for the goals, but it was one of those
things where you want to change it up to change the momentum," said Griffins
captain Jeff Hoggan. "Petr came in and did well. It was huge for us." David
McIntyre gave the Griffins the lead for the first time in the game at 8:39 of
the third when he redirected Nick Jensens point shot from the side of the net.
"The play was started by Jordan Tootoo, getting the puck into the zone," said
McIntyre. "It was a great pass from Nick Jensen. It was right on the tape, it
was real easy for me." Andrj Nestrasil, Teemu Pulkkinen, Hoggan and Tootoo also
scored for Grand Rapids (35-17-5), which has won five consecutive games and
moved past Texas - whos game Saturday was suspended - for first in the Western
Conference. "Weve been up and down since the All-Star break," said Hoggan. "We
were flat in the first but stuck with it. It was a big win for us (because)
thats a good team over there." Max Reinhart had two first-period goals for
Abbotsford (33-18-6), which is winless in four games. Joey MacDonald made 37
saves in the loss. "They do a great job in the offensive zone of forechecking,
and in the neutral zone - theyre sound system-wise," said Heat captain Dean
Arsene. "We just had too many turnovers, and a skilled team like that in
transition, they just ate us up." Reinhart got the Heat on the board early,
deflecting Arsenes point shot past McCollum at the 1:23 mark.
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seconds to go in the first period when he finished off a give-and-go with Corey
Locke, beating McCollum short side, top corner. Thats when Grand Rapids changed
goaltenders. "I would have probably done the same," said Abbotsford head coach
Troy Ward of his counterparts decision. "He needed a change, a spark. We got to
McCollum. We (previously) beat him (in Grand Rapids), so (Blashill) probably
felt it was time for that change. They did a good job of keeping the game 2-0.
We had a couple of looks to go up 3-0 but we didnt make those things happen,
even when Mrazek was in net." Nestrasil got Grand Rapids on the board at 13:20
of the second period. After a pair of Abbotsford players failed to clear the
puck it bounced right to the Czech Republic native, who quickly beat MacDonald
glove side for his seventh of the season. The Griffins tied the game at 4:34 of
the third period. From behind the net, Hoggan quickly stuffed the puck between
the post and MacDonalds skate. It was just the second goal the captain scored
since Christmas. "We racked up a lot of shots, we just kept getting pucks to the
net," said Hoggan. "Joey Mac played the puck behind the net but I ended up
having some space to walk out front." McIntyre scored to put the visitors up
four minutes later. "It was a good pass from Jensen, backdoor," said Hoggan. "We
were struggling to score goals, so it was nice to get five tonight." Tootoo
scored an insurance marker with 4:09 to go in the game, picking the corner with
a wrist shot from the face-off dot. "Obviously (Tootoo) is a grizzled veteran,"
said McIntyre. "Hes played a lot of big games so he knows what it takes to win.
That was a great shot." Pulkkinen added an empty netter with less than two
minutes to play, giving him five goals in three games.
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