The team attempted to change the tomahawk chop celebration with cheerleaders using a closed fist and an open palm. The Chiefs started as the Dallas Texans in 1960 and moved to Kansas City in 1963.

She continued: “Native people have been calling for the end of the Tomahawk Chop for decades. This is not something new.” It isn’t. Though it may seem as if the chant has been a permanent ...

Former US President Donald Trump performed the controversial "Tomahawk Chop" cheer -- a racist insult to Native Americans -- in support of the Atlanta Braves on Saturday while attending game four ...

New York's American Indians had one word yesterday for Atlanta Braves fans and their politically incorrect, traffic-cop-imitating, bad-Western-simulating, hand-waving gesture known as the tomahawk ...

Former US president Donald Trump performed the controversial “Tomahawk Chop” cheer – denounced as a racist gesture by Native Americans – in support of the Atlanta Braves on Saturday while ...

The tomahawk chop has long been a feature of the team’s games, but it has come under increased criticism from Native Americans. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Follow our live updates of the Super ...

Patrick Mahomes and other Kansas City Chiefs players do the tomahawk chop during the Kansas City Chiefs Victory Parade on Feb. 5, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Getty Images.

But the irony and the insult are not lost on living, breathing Native people, who would just as soon remain invisible than be perceived as a cartoon. The fact that the fans believe there is no one ...

The tomahawk chop has been a fixture at various sporting events for much of the last 30 years, with a number of fanbases, including the Braves and Florida State Seminoles, employing it as a way to ...

The tomahawk chop has been a Chiefs tradition since the 1980s. In the time since it’s become synonymous with the Chiefs. Sometimes the Chiefs faithful will do the chop at away games, at Chiefs ...

The tomahawk chop has been a Chiefs tradition since the 1980s. In the time since it’s become synonymous with the Chiefs. Sometimes the Chiefs faithful will do the chop at away games, ...