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  2. Robert Roche (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Roche, also known as Bob Roche and Rob Roche, is an activist for Native American civil rights. He is perhaps best known for being one of several prominent American Indians to spearhead the movement against the use of Native American imagery as sports mascots.

  3. NCAA Native American mascot decision - Wikipedia

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    The University of North Dakota challenged the NCAA policy in court and settled in 2007 when it was given three years to obtain consent from the Sioux tribes in the state. [27] When one tribe refused permission, [ 28 ] the state Board of Higher Education proceeded with plans to eliminate the Fighting Sioux name and logo.

  4. List of college sports team names and mascots derived from ...

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    (The women's teams, though by the 2010s long since re-dubbed "Marlets", had previously been known as the "Squaws".) [7] Others, including indigenous students and Washington State University professor C. Richard King, argue that the name itself is generally used as a disparaging term for indigenous peoples, reinforcing stereotypes and white ...

  5. Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes play their home games at Value City Arena in the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, which opened in 1998. The official capacity of the ...

  6. St. John Arena - Wikipedia

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    St. John Arena is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The arena was named for Lynn St. John, who served as Ohio State's men's basketball coach and athletic director until 1947. It was designed by Howard Dwight Smith, architect of Ohio Stadium. It opened in 1956 to serve as the home of ...

  7. List of Ohio placenames of Native American origin - Wikipedia

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    Name comes from a play about a Native American from the Wampanoag people of New England. [26] Mingo Junction - Mingo is common nickname for the Ohio Seneca people. Variant of Mingwe, what the Lenape once called the related Susquehannock Indians of Pennsylvania. Mississinawa - Miami. Name of a river tributary to the Wabash.

  8. Ohio History Connection working to repatriate major ... - AOL

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    At Ohio History Connection, Alligood works with full-time NAGPRA cataloger Stephanie Kline, a part-time NAGPRA assistant and a handful of unpaid interns, often students from Ohio State University ...

  9. Value City Arena - Wikipedia

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    Value City Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.The arena opened in 1998 and is currently the largest by seating capacity in the Big Ten Conference, with 19,049 seats, which is reduced to 18,809 for Ohio State men's and women’s basketball games.