Mark One Wolf Yancey is featured in Washington NFL team's video. Still from YouTube
The Washington NFL team released a video featuring Indian Country supporters of its racist mascot. Fourteen people are featured in the clip. Included is a man named "Mark One Wolf" who is identified as "Chiricahua / Apache" -- his Indian identity is the subject of debate.
YouTube: Washington NFL Team Video
Of the remaining 13, five are members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana, whose leaders have eagerly accepted the team's money. The footage appears to come from a rodeo event on the reservation that the team sponsored a couple of weeks ago. Three others are from the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. Two are Wetzel family members who claim Walter “Blackie” Wetzel, a former tribal chairman, designed the team's logo although accounts conflict on his role. The full list of people in the video follows:
Mark One Wolf - "Chiricahua / Apache"Get the Story:
Phillip Sutherland - Chippewa Cree
Mark Beasley - Navajo
Robert Doore - Blackfeet
Mike Wetzel - Blackfeet
Megan Yellowhorse - Navajo
Yancey Hawley - Fort Belknap
Tony Woods - Chippewa Cree
Amanda Kay Not Afraid - Crow
Don Wetzel - Blackfeet
Clarissa Bishop - Fort Belknap
Wade Colliflower - Chippewa Cree
Jennifer Small - Chippewa Cree
Enis Johnson - Chippewa Cree
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