1 | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Native American tribe in South Dakota will return a $25,000 donation from a charitable arm of the NFL's Washington Redskins. |
2 | A check for that amount from the Washington Redskins' Original Americans Foundation was made out to the rodeo association of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. |
3 | Tribal Council Vice Chairman Ryman LeBeau told The Associated Press that the council voted Wednesday to return the current donation and any future money from the organization. |
4 | Team owner Dan Snyder created the organization in March 2014 following calls for the team to change its name, which activists have long considered offensive. |
5 | The team has maintained that the name honors Native Americans. |
6 | The motion also requires Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier to cease all ''unsanctioned communication'' with the team. |