Moose Jaw Warriors to review primary logo

The Moose Jaw Warriors have announced they’ll begin a formal review of the their primary logo, which is a red silhouette of an Indigenous headdress.

The WHL team is the latest sports franchise to grapple with the question of how Indigenous people are portrayed through team iconography.

According to a statement from the Warriors, this has been an internal debate for a while.

Statement from the Moose Jaw Warriors regarding our primary logo pic.twitter.com/e7Qe8sPP8j

— Moose Jaw Warriors (@MJWARRIORS) October 1, 2020

As part of the review, the team says it will consult stakeholders and community partners.

While there were some detractors, the team’s decision was applauded by many online.

Kudos to the @mjwarriors. Big decision and they're going about it the right way. https://t.co/vejNfjB0L3

— Craig Hemingway (@cshemingway) October 1, 2020

https://t.co/Xy74n3INwE

— Lauren Kelly (@laurkelly24) October 1, 2020

Others started posting logos that they would prefer to see.

It would need a little modernizing and I don't care if they stick with black as the main home colour, but this feels like an easy decision: pic.twitter.com/mubcnpIbaI

— Matthew Gourlie (@MattGourlie) October 1, 2020

Moose Jaw could easily just utilize the angry Moose logo as their primary going forward https://t.co/EOe9WKmVWC pic.twitter.com/gI1FsxkXmG

— Chris (@Beaviwi89) October 1, 2020