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By Manuel McDonnell Smith and Chris Hoenig
In Port Townsend, Wash., the end of June marked not only the closing of the books for the 201213 school year, but also decades of debate over the name of the high school’s sports teams. The district, located in the state’s far northwest corner, voted on June 24 to drop “Redskins” as the nickname for its high school teams, following similar moves by other districts to also drop offensive names. The school had adopted the name in 1926, seven years before the famed Washington Redskins NFL franchise (then based in Boston) did.
