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McGill drops Redmen name, citing pain caused to Indigenous students
MONTREAL — McGill University is dropping the Redmen name for its men’s varsity sports teams, effective immediately, the university announced Friday.
Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement that the Redmen name has caused pain and alienation for Indigenous students at the university.
Even though the name was not initially adopted as a reference to Indigenous peoples, that association was made in the 1950s when men’s and women’s teams came to be nicknamed the “Indians” and “Squaws.” Some teams later adopted a logo with an Indigenous man wearing a headdress.