Native Americans leading Redskins petition outraged that a Washington Commanders rep called them 'fake group'

Native American Guardians Association's Billy Dieckman argues ‘Redskins’ is not offensive amid a push to bring back the team name.

The Native Americans who are leading a viral petition demanding the Washington Commanders reclaim their historic Redskins name bristled with anger and resolve after a team representative called their organization "a fake group."

"We’re not a fake group. We’re tribal-enrolled members from tribes across the United States," Eunice Davidson, co-founder and president of the nonprofit Native American Guardians Association (NAGA), headquartered in North Dakota, told Fox News Digital during an interview.

Davidson calls herself "full-blooded Dakota Sioux." 

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NAGA generated nationwide headlines this summer with its petition to bring the Redskins back to the NFL. 

The effort now has some 128,000 signatures as of Monday (August 28). 

Members of the Native American Guardians Association. NAGA historian Andre Billeaudeaux (back row, center) blames "toxic ignorance" for the effort to remove Native imagery from sports and popular culture. President Eunice Davidson (far right) said the pressure is fueled by "racist White woke" professors and academics. (Courtesy Native American Guardians Association)

"We’re in it to win it," said NAGA co-founder and historian Andre Billeaudeaux. 

"You understand the people that started this petition is a fake group, right?" Matthew Laux, a premium-seat sales manager for the Commanders and FedEx Field, wrote on August 18 in a text to a former luxury-suite season ticket holder.

"We’re not a fake group. We’re tribal-enrolled members from tribes across the United States."

"This name change