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"Redskins" is not a Native American group, and very few Indians use the term even in jest among themselves, as some supporters of the team's name attest. Some do, sure, but they're a definite minority. The term is a dated, very offensive one, and I have never understood why the team's name hasn't been changed long ago.

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As to naming pets after tribes, well, I'm in two minds about it. Setting ot to deliberately theme your pets this way seems lame and show-off, but I wouldn't have a problem with somebody doing it with just one animal. The people down the road from us used to have a big, beautiful white dog named Cheyenne. I don't know if they named her that or she was already answering to it when they got her, but it never struck me as offensive. I don't usually find people naming their kids Dakota or Cheyenne to be offensive, but when I see somebody's named their kid Cherokee, Lakota or like that, I roll my eyes. Indians rarely feel the need to do that; Cheyenne and Dakota are popular across the board so they're kind of exceptions. But in general if you see a kid named something like Dakota Cheyenne or Navajo Star, it's a safe bet (though not a guarantee) that his parents are white people trying to show how culturally "with it" they think they are.

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I think, therefore I judge.