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However Oregon State law allows schools to retain their Native American mascots with the consent of a local tribe, which Roseburg has with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians. [174] Roxborough High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rural Retreat High School, Rural Retreat, Virginia; Russellville High School, Russellville, Missouri
Though mascots and names may seem trivial today, they are rooted in a legacy of assimilationist policies that reduced Indigenous cultures to simplified, non-threatening images for consumption. [1] The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United ...
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. [20] In April 2017, the university's Associated Students council rejected a resolution to retire the mascot introduced by the Native American Student Association. [21]
Proposed bills S.245 in the Senate and H.477 in the House state that no public school uses an athletic team name, logo, or mascot which names, refers to, represents, or is associated with Native ...
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What’s at stake with team names like the Redskins? For Native teens, it means lower self-esteem. For whites, it’s the opposite. Looking at the research into mascots with Stephanie Fryberg.
Native American, but not indigenous, removed from the list: Frölunda Indians Elitserien; Should be restored if the article were renamed (I notice that the ethnic group team name article has a few other European teams with Native American names) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.78.97.2 21:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Four school districts in Connecticut will forgo state tribal funding to keep their Native American mascots, nicknames, and branding. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ...