Indianz.Com > News > Native America Calling: Sports teams honoring tribes
Native America Calling
Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.
Native America Calling: Sports teams honoring tribes
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
A promising trend: Sports teams honor tribes
At a time when some holdout sports teams ignore calls to end problematic mascots and imagery, some teams are turning to Native American designers for appropriate designs.
The NBA’s Phoenix Suns are debuting new uniforms, jersey logos and center court design created in collaboration with a Navajo artist that honors the state’s tribes and cultural references to tribes elsewhere.
Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce meets the Native artists behind the team’s graphics.
A promising trend: Sports teams honor tribes
Shawn Martinez (Navajo), senior director of live presentation for the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Mercury
Jeremy Donavan Arviso (Diné, Hopi, Pima and Tohono O’odham), artist and designer
Patrick Hunter (Ojibwe), two-spirit woodland artist and graphic designer
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
Native America Calling: PBS documentary ‘Knowledge Keepers’ explores Native scientific innovations
Testimony: Alicia Puente Cackley, Government Accountability Office
Testimony: Hilary Atkin, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Testimony: Bryan Warner, Cherokee Nation
VIDEO: H.R.741 – Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025
VIDEO: H.R.6021 – Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes up Native housing
Native America Calling: Native advocates assess barriers to upcoming elections
Native America Calling: An Indigenous-led opera retells a historic Tlingit act of resistance
Native America Calling: Shifting preservation policies pose risks to Native history
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation makes tribal government easy to reach
Native America Calling: Persistent heat puts strain on people, the environment, and the economy
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation creates opportunities close to home
Native America Calling: Increasing hurdles and uncertainty put strains on Native beef producers and farmers
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation keeps our language alive
More Headlines
Testimony: Alicia Puente Cackley, Government Accountability Office
Testimony: Hilary Atkin, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Testimony: Bryan Warner, Cherokee Nation
VIDEO: H.R.741 – Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025
VIDEO: H.R.6021 – Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs takes up Native housing
Native America Calling: Native advocates assess barriers to upcoming elections
Native America Calling: An Indigenous-led opera retells a historic Tlingit act of resistance
Native America Calling: Shifting preservation policies pose risks to Native history
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation makes tribal government easy to reach
Native America Calling: Persistent heat puts strain on people, the environment, and the economy
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation creates opportunities close to home
Native America Calling: Increasing hurdles and uncertainty put strains on Native beef producers and farmers
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation keeps our language alive
More Headlines