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I was not expecting it to be a positive story… but it really is. The team’s name was granted to them by the local chief, and the logo has now been updated in consultation with the same group. So instead of an act of cultural appropriation, we’ve got an act of recognition of a part of the local community.
Of course, they’ll have to explain this over and over again to the rest of the world, but that’s not a bad thing either.
Yeah, it's pretty great actually. The centrist in me is doing backflips. Two groups got together, over different generations, and worked things out in a friendly and respectful fashion? Love it.
This whole thing is so beautiful! The mutual respect is especially refreshing when everything seems so adversarial these days. The emphasis that we're all treaty people has reframed my perspective and is such a great lesson to instill on these young athletes and their community.
Yeah, remembering that a treaty is between all parties is something we often forget.
Will they remember? Years ago a local team received the same kind of grant when there was question of its branding being an inappropriate appropriation. As time marched forward people came and went, and the people involved in attaining the original grant were no longer around so the same question inevitably surfaced again. At that time they decided to change the branding rather than seek approval (again).
That’s precisely why explaining it over and over again is a good thing.
It keeps the story of how multiple groups in a community can work together to do something that benefits everyone fresh, so the lone narrative isn’t community groups refusing to work with local indigenous groups for fear of being branded racist.
It's a nice idea, but tough to keep going as hands change. The people who were involved in the aforementioned agreement still talk about it to this day, but they are not involved in the organization anymore, so you have a disconnect.