— Moontee Sinquah spent only one minute onstage inside the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix during the NFL’s Super Bowl Opening Night. But when he thinks of that inclusion coupled with Super Bowl cameras panning to Kansas City Chiefs fans doing the maligned “tomahawk chop,” Sinquah says that juxtaposition leaves him “perplexed.” “I think that’s the only thing that really …
The Kanas City Chiefs are facing increased pressure from Native American groups to abandon a popular tradition in which fans break into a 'war chant' while making a chopping hand motion designed to mimic the Native American tomahawk. A coalition of Native American groups has put up billboards in the Kansas City area to protest the tomahawk chop and Chiefs' …
Pressure is mounting for the Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs to abandon a popular tradition in which fans break into a “war chant” while making a chopping hand motion designed to mimic the Native American tomahawk. Chiefs president Mark Donovan said barring face paint and headdresses from its stadium was a “big step.” “You are going to have opinions on …
