Smithsonian Museum - yet another thread on team name

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Leader In Sports

What part of the country did you grow up? I spent a majority of my childhood out West. Yes, I did hear it as a negative term used to describe people, just like I heard the N word.

Sorry but I call BS. I grew up in North Carolina. My first wife was half Cherokee and looked it. She grew up in a small town where the population was 99% white , KKK was still prominent and no one ever called her a redskin. So I find it hard to believe you've heard the word prominently used.