The team, which plays home games at FedEx Field, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
The new dress code also comes as teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cleveland Indians have made similar changes of their own. Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team announced in July that it would change its name to the Guardians, and three days later, the Chiefs said the National Football League team would retire its mascot, a horse named Warpaint, while retaining its name.
Fawn Sharp, the president of the National Congress of American Indians, said on Wednesday that the Washington Football Team’s change was “welcome news, but long overdue.”
“Native people have suffered the indignity and trauma of these dehumanizing fan rituals for decades,” Ms. Sharp said in a statement. “N.C.A.I. will not rest until all professional, collegiate and K-12 school teams retire their Native ‘themed’ mascots — and the fan rituals that go with them — to the dustbin of history where they belong.”
The Washington Football Team is not expected to announce its new moniker until the 2022 season. In April, the team announced that a survey had yielded more than 39,000 submissions from fans with suggestions for a new name, including the Cannons, the Thrushers, Red-Monster-Truck-Jam and the Washington Wash Your Hands.