National Congress of American Indians blasts Rob Manfred's tomahawk chop defense

Rob Manfred said on Tuesday that the Atlanta Braves' local Native American community is fully supportive of the team, including its infamous Tomahawk Chop chant. It took less than 24 hours for one of the country's largest Native rights organizations to contradict him.

The MLB commissioner spoke with reporters ahead of Game 1 of the World Series between the Braves and Houston Astros, an event that has revived discussion around one of the most controversial fan behaviors in sports.

As he has in the past, Manfred defended the Braves' use of the chop and cited support from the local Native American community as evidence that it isn't racist.

From The New York Times' James Wagner:

"It's important to understand that we have 30 markets around the country. They're not all the same. The Braves have done a phenomenal job with the Native American community. The Native American community in that region is wholly supportive of the Braves program, including the chop. For me, that's kind of the end of the story. In that market, taking into account the Native American community, it works."

https://sports.yahoo.com/national-congress-of-american-indians-rob-manfred-braves-tomahawk-chop-000709992.html

They still do that? I remember it was controversial 30 years ago when Atlanta was last in the World Series.