Not In Our Honor Super Bowl Press Release 2023

As the National Football League hosts the Super Bowl in Arizona (home to 22 tribal nations), there is one team still openly mocking Indigenous People and bastardizing our culture with the sickening “Arrowhead Chop” and we will be out there to make sure our voices are heard along with other Arizona Native groups/people. Events: PressContinue reading “Not In Our Honor Super Bowl Press Release 2023”

2023 NFL Playoff KC still not Ending Racism! Join us for our Protest and 2 film screenings listed below in KC and Lawrence

As the National Football League begins the 2023 Playoffs, there is one team still openly mocking Indigenous People and bastardizing our culture with the sickening “Arrowhead Chop” and we will be out Saturday to make sure our voices are heard! Not In Our Honor will be at Gate 1, off Blue Ridge Parkway at 1pmContinue reading “2023 NFL Playoff KC still not Ending Racism! Join us for our Protest and 2 film screenings listed below in KC and Lawrence”

November Native American Heritage Month 2022

As we go into a month that celebrates our People, we still continue to call out the KC Football team to Change the Name and Stop the Chop! Their continued use of stereotypical images and gestures is still Racist. They perpetuate this to people all over the world and we will always be against it.Continue reading “November Native American Heritage Month 2022”

Join Us On Indigenous Peoples Day

While we celebrate today, we are also preparing for todays battle! We are still erased in our opinions on the Native Imagery in Sports! How ironic that we have to fight for our voices to be heard on our own day! The KC football team’s message out today on our day is hollow. They haveContinue reading “Join Us On Indigenous Peoples Day”

2022 statement to the KC Football team, we will continue to protest the racism

As the National Football League begins its 2022 season, there is one team still openly mocking Indigenous People and bastardizing our culture with the sickening “Arrowhead Chop”. Kansas City needs to do better for this community that includes Native people. Not in Our Honor is a coalition of local Native American leaders and American IndianContinue reading “2022 statement to the KC Football team, we will continue to protest the racism”

Leonardo Salvaggio (Italy) show with Rhonda LeValdo of Not In Our Honor

This episode’s guest is Rhonda LeValdo, an activist for Native American rights. Rhonda is an Acoma Pueblo tribal member from New Mexico, currently living in Kansas. She’s the host of the “Native Spirit” radio show, one of the founders of the “Not in Our Honor” movement (which advocates against the usage of native imagery inContinue reading “Leonardo Salvaggio (Italy) show with Rhonda LeValdo of Not In Our Honor”

Join Us at our Protest & Stand in Solidarity #EndRacismKC

Join us outside the stadium to bring attention to the racism that the team name and cultural appropriation being done by the KC NFL team. We will be back at the same spot on Sunday 1/30/2022 off Blue Ridge Parkway across the BP gas station at 11:30am, Bring your signs, Let KC know that weContinue reading “Join Us at our Protest & Stand in Solidarity #EndRacismKC”

Statement on Plane Banner flyover at Denver vs. Kansas City game

January 8, 2022 Not In Our Honor is responsible for taking our message “Change the Name, Stop the Chop”  to Denver, CO to protest the continuation of Institutional Racism in the NFL generally and the Kansas City franchise specifically.   We also continue our billboard campaign in the KC metro area and an online petitionContinue reading “Statement on Plane Banner flyover at Denver vs. Kansas City game”

November 2021 Native American Heritage Month Statement

November 1, 2021 A joint resolution by Congress in 1990 led to the passage of Public Law No: 101-343 and the Proclamation of National Native American Heritage Month.  The resolution stated that members of the Senate and House of Representatives believed the proclamation of National Native American Heritage Month could “encourage activities which provide positiveContinue reading “November 2021 Native American Heritage Month Statement”