Specifically, SI found that NAGA received $68,360 from WROAF shortly before an amicus curiae the group made in favor of retaining the Redskins name went public.

Prior to the vote, NAGA contacted one of the School Board members opposed to the name change, Jennifer Poirir, offering its assistance.

On Facebook, Sherri Mitchell, an indigenous-rights attorney in Maine, called NAGA "fake Indians" being paid by the Washington Football Team to promote native mascots.

[17] Local members of the Wabanaki Confederacy protested the presentations that NAGA gave to the school board, stating that the presence of Indians from other tribes breaks an "oral tradition" of Native Americans only "speak[ing] for your own nation.

"[18] In June 2019, the board of education of Killingly High School in Connecticut retired their mascot, the Redman, citing concerns that it was racist and offensive to Native Americans.

Two members of the youth council of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, 30 miles away from Killingly, told the board “Redmen” is a slur that does not honor them.

Descheenie replied that Native culture is not substantiated by representation in contemporary society such as mascots, but by history that precedes the existence of the United States.