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Wherever they go, the Washington football team’s name controversy seems to follow them, like a bad cough that just won’t go away. Last night, before Washington got stomped by the Minnesota Vikings, hundreds gathered outside of the latter team’s stadium, the Metrodome, in Minneapolis to protest the former’s racist name and mascot.

USA Today reports that protesters, led by members of the American Indian Movement, marched through downtown toward the Metrodome:

Carrying flags, signs and staffs and led by American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt, the crowd marched to the downtown stadium to hear speakers before the Minnesota Vikings played Washington.

Opponents call the Redskins’ nickname offensive to Native Americans. As drums beat, protesters chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, Little Red Sambo’s got to go.” Some carried signs with messages including “We are not cartoons! Respect us!” and “Racism is unsportsmanlike conduct.”

And among those at last night’s rally? Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. Ventura spoke to the crowd and revealed that “he always tried to avoid saying [the team’s name] when covering the team as a sports broadcaster.”

“This name is wrong. It’s just plain wrong,” Ventura also said, and also asked the crowd “what would happen if a sports team in Birmingham, Alabama, was named ‘The Slaves’ and had an African-American mascot,” according to USA Today. “What kind of outrage would there be at that?” Ventura said, “Well, this is the same thing,”

Also last night, Stephen Colbert addressed the team’s name issue in the only way Stephen Colbert could do it: A hilariously satirical defense of it.

Watch, laugh: