Atlanta Braves use failed play from DC football team

If Natives can't beat 'em, they'll join 'em? It didn't work out that way for the Redskins.

May 25, 2022

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Atlanta Braves fans in stands doing Tomahawk chop during game vs Houston Astros at Truist Park on October 31, 2021. (Photo by Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — The Atlanta Braves MLB team — faced with increasing calls to change their name and/or end the team’s ever-popular tomahawk chop — are strategically trying to get more young Native Americans involved in the organization, using a small Native foundation as a helper.

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