The Atlanta Braves are one win away from potentially securing their fourth World Series title, but their name and a gesture used by fans have come under scrutiny from Native American advocates around the country.
ABC News' request for comment to the MLB and the Atlanta Braves were not returned.
Heather Whiteman Runs Him, a law professor and director of the Tribal Justice Clinic at the University of Arizona in Tucson, told"Good Morning America" that using Native American imagery in sports dehumanizes the community and behavior like the tomahawk chop"indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of who Native Americans are.
Sundance, a member of the Muskogee tribe, is the director of the Cleveland branch of the American Indian Movement -- one of the organizations that has been urging national and local teams with indigenous names and mascots to change their names for more than 50 years. "We are a marginalized and victimized population. And that appropriation is being done by the same culture that marginalized and victimized [us]," he added.
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