Family of Blackfeet chief, face of NFL's Redskins for 48 years, wants his image back in NFL

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The family of the Blackfeet chief who served as the face of the Washington Redskins for 48 years want his image back on the fields of the NFL, relatives told Fox News Digital.

The descendants of John Two Guns White Calf also want his incredible life story retold, too, to a new generation of Americans who seek unity and value multiculturalism. 

The White Calf family has support in Washington, D.C., from one of their Montana senators and, it appears, from the NFL franchise itself, now known as the Washington Commanders.

CANCELED TRIBAL CHIEF WHITE CALF, FACE OF THE REDSKINS, GENERATES NEW SUPPORT NATIONWIDE

"The fans want him back and we want him back," Thomas White Calf, a great nephew of the celebrated early-20th-century native, said this week by phone, hours after the family met with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana. 

Two Guns White Calf’s proud portrait adorned Redskins helmets, T-shirts, playing fields and marketing materials from 1972 until 2020. 

Blackfeet chief John Two Guns White Calf, left, who served as the inspiration for the Washington Redskins logo that represented the NFL franchise on the field from 1972 to 2020. (Getty Images)

"Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history," said White Calf, who was joined on the call by his mother, Delphine White Calf, a niece of the late Blackfeet chief. 

"Two Guns was also the face on the Indian head nickel. I’m proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him."

"I’m proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him." - Thomas White Calf

White Calf's portrait and the name Redskins were erased from the NFL in 2020 following