Did you know that since the start of the 20th century many Native American communities have had baseball teams? Many famous early 20th-century Native American baseball players started the sport at assimilationist boarding schools. This painting of men in baseball caps and jerseys emblazoned with the words “red” and “skins” speaks to that history. The slur was the name of the Washington, D.C. football team from 1933 to 2020, when it was renamed the Washington Commanders. Mateo Romero was actively involved with changing the name beginning in 1992. Here, he reclaims the term with Cochiti Pueblo members dressed and posed like a baseball team. Though Romero’s team is imaginary, Cochiti Pueblo has had a minor league baseball team for decades, the Cochiti Braves