tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8434083524261035610..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: "Inuit chief" supports Washington RedskinsRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-42503896514084754892013-06-28T05:40:49.033-07:002013-06-28T05:40:49.033-07:00A columnist researched "Chief" Dodson an...A columnist researched "Chief" Dodson and confirmed that he's a phony:<br /><br />http://deadspin.com/redskins-indian-chief-defender-not-a-chief-probably-590973565<br /><br /><b>Redskins' Indian-Chief Defender: Not A Chief, Probably Not Indian</b><br /><br />The phrase "full-blooded American Inuit chief originally from the Aleutian Tribes of Alaska," Loring added, is "incorrect terminology. It doesn't make sense."<br /><br />What's more, both Kelly Eningowuk, executive director of the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska, an Inuit group, and Larry Merculieff, a prominent advocate for Aleut issues in Alaska, said "Chief" isn't a designation any of their constituents would use now. It certainly wouldn't be used by someone who's not living among Inuits or Aleuts. Both said such a title, if granted at all, would be conferred only upon individuals who were elected by people in their village. That would be tough in Bellefontaine (which, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, had a Native American population of 0.2 percent) or Prince George's County (0.5 percent).<br /><br />"I don't know anybody out of state who describes themselves [as a chief]," Merculieff said.<br /><br />Nor does Dodson’s self-description on the Redskins show as "a full-blooded Indian" pass the smell test.<br /><br />"Aleuts do not call themselves 'Indian,'" Merculieff said. "We are native Alaskans, but not Indian."<br /><br />And Inuits?<br /><br />"Inuits don't call themselves 'Indian,'" said Eningowuk.<br /><br />Eningowuk said she watched Dodson's performance online and laughed at some of his references to native culture. "I heard him say that [he and his family] go to pow wows? That’s not Aleut or Inuit," she said. "And he talks about living on a reservation of some sort. There are no Inuit or Aleut reservations in Alaska."Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-32141907698381764192013-05-07T14:45:26.064-07:002013-05-07T14:45:26.064-07:00Not to mention the use of the word Inuit. No one ...Not to mention the use of the word Inuit. No one goes by that here in Alaska or at least I've never heard that used here. That is with the exception from scholarly folk.. who aren't Native. What people will use is Eskimo or will, what my family does, be specific with either Inupiaq or Yupik. Up here in Alaska both Aleuts & Eskimos consider themselves to be Alaska Native and not Indians, which is used to describe Athabascans, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, as well as lower 48 Natives.<br /><br />Thank you for following up on this one, it was really bothering me how this guy seemed to be all over the place..NativeSunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-54304864081977869762013-05-06T11:46:35.580-07:002013-05-06T11:46:35.580-07:00When will people realize that just because someone...When will people realize that just because someone has achieved some honor doesn't mean they can't be totally insane in some other way? (Among skeptics, this is actually called "Nobel disease".)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com