--- title: Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis description: Minneapolis Mayor: "The clock is ticking on your name" canonical: https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-02T21:23:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:10:15.095Z article:section: Sports og:title: Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis og:description: Minneapolis Mayor: "The clock is ticking on your name" og:url: https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36fa87e52b259d9d/698763ddcd1bbaa5616f2f52/redskins-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Protestors march outside TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins on Nov. 2, 2014, in Minneapolis. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis twitter:description: Minneapolis Mayor: "The clock is ticking on your name" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36fa87e52b259d9d/698763ddcd1bbaa5616f2f52/redskins-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis ## Video: Aerial Footage of Redksins Protest in Minneapolis [Watch (HLS stream): Aerial Footage of Redksins Protest in Minneapolis](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rA0Ge54u.m3u8) (0:30)  _Published 2014-11-03. Aerial Footage of Redksins Protest in Minneapolis_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 2, 2014 9:23 PM UTC  Protestors march outside TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins on Nov. 2, 2014, in Minneapolis. Protestors march outside TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins on Nov. 2, 2014, in Minneapolis.Ann Heisenfelt—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 2, 2014 9:23 PM UTC Thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in Minneapolis [to protest the Washington Redskins name](http://www.startribune.com/local/281223101.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue) ahead of the football team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, police said. The team’s owner, Daniel Snyder, has steadfastly said he won’t change the team name despite criticism from figures including President Barack Obama, half of the U.S. Senate and Native-American activists. Clyde Bellecourt, a civil rights activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement, said at Sunday’s event that the team name is a reminder of the scalping and genocide Native American people endured throughout history, _The Minneapolis Star-Tribune_ reports. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges participated in chants of “Change the name!” before speaking to the crowd. “I have a message to the Washington team,” she said. “The clock is ticking on your name … it’s more than an insult, it’s hate.” Police estimate that 3,200 people attended, while organizers say the turnout was closer to 5,000 people, making the event the area’s fourth-largest protest related to Native-American imagery in professional sports since the World Series in 1991, when the Atlanta Braves played the Minnesota Twins. Attendees reportedly traveled from states including Kentucky, Montana, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Indiana. The Washington team’s visit to Minneapolis has not been without incident. Two buses carrying players and coaches [got into an accident earlier Sunday morning](http://time.com/3553370/washington-redskins-buses-crash/); no serious injuries were reported. \[[_Star-Tribune_](http://www.startribune.com/local/281223101.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/"},"headline":"Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis","datePublished":"2014-11-02T21:23:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:10:15.095Z","description":"Minneapolis Mayor: \"The clock is ticking on your name\"","url":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/","keywords":["Football","Barack Obama","Vikings","Minnesota","Washington Redskins"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36fa87e52b259d9d/698763ddcd1bbaa5616f2f52/redskins-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36fa87e52b259d9d/698763ddcd1bbaa5616f2f52/redskins-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protestors march outside TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins on Nov. 2, 2014, in Minneapolis.","caption":"Protestors march outside TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins on Nov. 2, 2014, in Minneapolis.","creditText":"Ann Heisenfelt—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/","name":"Thousands Protest Washington Redskins Name in Minneapolis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Aerial Footage of Redksins Protest in Minneapolis","description":"Aerial Footage of Redksins Protest in Minneapolis","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/rA0Ge54u/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-03T04:27:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rA0Ge54u.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3553568/redskins-protest-minneapolis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```