The controversy carries over into the whole performance, as Chiefs fans routinely coat themselves in war paint and feathered headdresses, which are typically related to racist caricatures of Native ...

Here's a closer look at the Kansas City Chiefs' tomahawk chop, including how it began and the controversy that surrounds it ...

NFL franchise the Kansas City Chiefs received their name in May 1963 - one which they owe, amid some controversy, to former mayor Harold Roe Bartle.

More commonly, a deliberately ignorant person can be described as a troglodyte. In Bone Tomahawk, a Native American character known as The Professor identifies the arrow as belonging to the ...

For some, it's a vestige of past media representations of Native American communities. “When I see something like a tomahawk chop, which is derived from television and film portrayals ...

As Kansas City celebrates the Chiefs’ third consecutive Super Bowl appearance, the team name, logo, and some problematic fan ...

Gladstone suggested it was a farce to say that doing the tomahawk chop was an "honor" to Native Americans. Native Americans have protested the Chiefs’ name in the four recent Super Bowls.

Popular as it may be among portions of the Chiefs fan base, the tomahawk chop and chant have been long-standing subjects of criticism, particularly from the Native American community. Over the ...