Native Americans add to Redskins file at FCC

Three more petitions -- from people involved with a Native American radio program -- have been filed at the Federal Communications against a radio station owned by Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder for the use of the team’s name on air.

George Washington University Professor John Banzhaf, who filed the original petition on the issue, said that the addition of three Native American petitioners gives the case more standing because it shows that they have been affected by the use of the nickname. In an affidavit sent to the FCC, radio host and petitioner Jay Winter Nightwolf states that he has “witnessed harm to myself and/or to other Native Americans which I believe was caused by the frequent repetitive use of the word “R*dskins” on the air.” Nightwolf hosts a show called “The American Indian’s Truths -- Nightwolf” on WPFW-FM. The two other petitioners -- Louis Ramon Grimaldi and Verona Iriarte -- are producers of the show.