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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Lily Gladstone<\/strong><\/a> is voicing her thoughts on the NFL\u2019s Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n In case you weren\u2019t aware, the Chiefs just won their third Super Bowl<\/em> title in the last five years<\/a>, defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime.<\/p>\n The organization is one of many professional sports teams to reference Native Americans in its name and customs \u2013 a practice that many activists have deemed offensive.<\/p>\n Lily<\/strong>, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and Niimiipuu heritage, recently starred in Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em>. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe and a 2024 Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n While participating in a panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival\u2019s Virtuosos Awards<\/em>, Lily<\/strong> spoke out against the Chiefs\u2019 offensive use of Native American imagery, as well as the team\u2019s racist Tomahawk chop chant.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n \u201cThere are many ways that you could interpret the name \u2018chief.\u2019 It\u2019s not just the name that bothers me. It\u2019s hearing that damn Tomahawk chop,\u201d she said, per Variety<\/a><\/em>. Every time, it\u2019s a stark reminder of what Hollywood has done to us, because the Tomahawk chop directly ties to the sounds of old Westerns where we were not playing ourselves, or if we were, we were merely backdrop actors. It\u2019s this \u2018claiming\u2019 of that sound and saying it\u2019s in \u2018honor\u2019 and the commodification of who we are as people. It\u2019s great to love the game and your players, but it still hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n If you missed it, Lily Gladstone<\/strong> revealed<\/a> what her Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em> co-star Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/a> texted her after her Oscar nomination!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n