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I have word that a city north of Calgary is collecting opinions about their team name from aboriginal people of the north.

Posted by zork Oct 23 '18, 08:03

including questions about their feeling of the name and about changing the name

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Edmonton? -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 08:42
I was sort of surprised it didn't change for this year - Reagen Oct 23, 08:09 5
- What’s the Cree word for Roughriders? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 08:20 3
  - I believe it translates to "people who moved us onto the reserves" -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 08:24 2
    - Teddy Roosevelt was long past that point! -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 08:28 1
      - I'm not sure which is less likely, that there were two teams called the Roughriders, or that they were both named for Teddy Roosevelt's cavalry unit - Roger More Oct 23, 08:33
- Oh, I wasn’t even thinking of that sport. Oops. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 08:17

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