Indians, Forty-Niners, and Super Bowl LVIII

Should those of us who are not Indigenous care about team names with genocidal allusions?

On Sunday, over 100 million Americans will likely tune in to watch Super Bowl LVIII, a contest between the reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the San Francisco Forty-Niners (last year’s contest between the Chiefs and the Eagles drew 113 million viewers according to Nielsen). This year, the juxtaposition of these two team names—one baldly ap…