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The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.
List of place names of Native American origin in Pennsylvania. This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) Allegheny Mountains. Allegheny River. Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Catawissa Creek.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Sports teams named Redskins. Sports teams named Redskins are part of the larger controversy regarding the use of Native American names, images and symbols by non-native sports teams. Teams of this name have received particular public attention because the term redskin is now generally regarded as disparaging and offensive. [1][2][3][4][5]
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The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania. Their name means “people of the muddy river.”. The Susquehannock were first described by John Smith, who explored the upper reaches of Chesapeake Bay in 1608.
A SDSU professor of American Indian Studies states that the mascot teaches the mistaken idea that Aztecs were a local tribe rather than living in Mexico 1,000 miles from San Diego. [18] In April 2017, the university's Associated Students council rejected a resolution to retire the mascot introduced by the Native American Student Association. [19]
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