FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership Final - Exeter Chiefs vs Saracens - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - May 26, 2018 Exeter Chiefs mascot before the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
(Reuters) - Exeter Chiefs will hold a board meeting to discuss a possible rebranding of their badge and mascot, which feature a Native American, with a petition calling for an end to its use of "harmful imagery" garnering thousands of signatures.
"There is no place in a predominantly white British environment for appropriation of Indigenous Peoples' imagery that has no relation to the history of the club, or the city," the fans petition, which has more than 3,600 signatures, said.
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