Courtesy of Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are no more. On Monday morning, the team announced that they are retiring the team name and logo and will be changing their mascot. This will be the first name change in the team's 87 year history in the nation's capital. The decision comes just days following the team announced they would undergo a review process to evaluate the name going forward. The team will now see a complete rebranding of their image. The Washington team mascot has long been a focal point of controversy. The term "Redskin" is known as a racial slur disparaging of Native Americans, and is even defined as such in Webster's Dictionary. The term as the name of an NFL franchise glorifies sustained genocide, reminds tribes of historical mistreatment, diminishes American Indians as less than, and dehumanizes the Native American race. T he Navajo Nation has said that, "For generations, this team and logo has misrepresented the true h