. >> reporter: amanda blackhorse defeated the washington redskins back in june. >> and it seems likehey're not budging. >> reporter: on thursday, the redskins rewound the game clock on their decade-long legal fight to keep their name. a lawsuit filed against amanda blackhorse and other native americans sends the case back to trial court. >> they're more and more coming up with these different tactics and antics to try to convince people that they should keep their name. >> reporter: in june, a federal board cancelled the team's trademark registration. that potentially wipes out the value of the redskins logo and other team logos on merchandise and other products. the board ruled the term "redskins" was disparaging to native americans. >> it seems like they're very headstrong on keeping their name and fighting this to the very end. >> reporter: in thursday's lawsuit the redskins argue the team is being deprived of its first amendment right of free speech as well as its property rights. in a statement an attorney for the redskins said we look forward to having a federal court review th

the plaintiff in the trademark case against the redskins was a navajo and social worker named amanda blackhorseo also protested the cleveland indians who scaled back the use of that logo. blackhorse criticized the kansas chiefs as well and the chiefs are, according to the "kansas star" trying to, "avoid a cultural free for all by forming an alliance with american indian groups." the chiefs have reportedly reached out to several of them. chiefs president mark donovan held meetings with two local american indian leaders in the past week, alone. for the chiefs, like the redskins, indians, chicago blackhawks and other teams with native american names and logos, it's simply getting harder and harder to keep the critics at bay. eleanor holmes-norton is washington's representative, and jacqueline keeler, navajo and co-founder of the group eradicating offensive native mascotry. good evening. >> good evening. >> congresswoman, are we there on this issue yet? >> we have tipped. you've got not only the second time native people have won in the patent and trademark commission. they lost the first time on a

the plaintiff in the trademark case against the redskins was a navajo and social worker named amanda blackhorseed the cleveland inydians who scaled back the use of that logo. blackhorse criticized the kansas chiefs as well and the chiefs are, according to the "kansas star" trying to, "avoid a cultural free for all by forming an alliance with american indian groups." the chiefs have reportedly reached out to several of them. chiefs president mark donovan held meetings with two local american indian leaders in the past week, alone. for the chiefs, like the redskins, indians, chicago blackhawks and other teams with native american names and logos, it's simply getting harder and harder to keep the critics at bay. eleanor holmes-norten is washington's representative, and jacqueline keeler, navajo and co-founder of the group eradicating offensive native mass ka tri. good evening. >> good evening. >> are we there on this issue yet? >> we have tipped. you've got not only the second time native people have won in the patent and trademark commission. they lost the first time on appeal only because of the