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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.
Berlin High School, Berlin, Wisconsin – In 2015, 92% of the community and 90% of the students voted to keep the name. [145] Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, Massachusetts. Biloxi High School, Biloxi, Mississippi. Bismarck High School, Bismarck, Missouri. Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, West Virginia.
Many American sports team names and mascots are based upon or use religious symbolism. The majority are scholastic teams at institutions founded by various denominations of Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant. Saints is the most popular of these names not only at religious schools but public schools.
Pekin High School (Pekin, Illinois) Chinks, now the "Dragons". Quebec Nordiques – (WHA 1972–1979, NHL 1979–1995) San Antonio Black Indians – (Negro league baseball team) Sonoma State University Cossacks, now the Seawolves. Washington Redskins (National Football League) – Washington, D.C., USA, now the Commanders.
Wild at Smart. The Big Smart. Beauty and the Brain. Singin’ in the Brain. Purple Brain. Rocky Balbrainia. The Impastables. Smartburn. Hasta la Trivia, Baby.
Texas-Tyler Patriots. Texas A&M Aggies. Texas A&M–Central Texas Warriors. Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders. Texas A&M–Galveston Sea Aggies. Texas A&M International Dustdevils. Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. Texas A&M–San Antonio Jaguars.
Other. Freedom Frog - mascot of Intervention Helpline, an Alaska counseling nonprofit organization. Senhor Testiculo - Brazilian mascot of the Associação de Assistência às Pessoas. Zé Gotinha - Brazilian mascot created to promote vaccination campaigns against the polio virus.
B. Baby Blue – secondary mascot of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. Baby Jay and Big Jay – co-mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks. Baldwin and Gladys – co-mascots of the Mary Baldwin University Fighting Squirrels. Baldwin the Eagle – mascot of the Boston College Eagles. Baldwin Jr – inflatable version of Baldwin the Eagle at Boston College.