The Native American Mascot Controversy

C. Richard King

doi:10.5771/9780810867321

Summary

Sports mascots have been a tradition for decades. Along with the usual lions and tigers, many schools are represented by Native American images. Once considered a benign practice, numerous studies have proved just the opposite: that the use of Native American mascots in educational institutions has perpetuated a shameful history of racial insensitivity. The Native American Mascot Controversy provides an overview of the issues that have been associated with this topic for the past 40 years.

The book provides a comprehensive and critical account of the issues surrounding the controversy, explicating the importance of anti-Indian racism in education and how it might be challenged. A collection of important primary documents and an extensive list of resources for further study are also included. Expounding the dangers and damages associated with their continued use, The Native American Mascot Controversy is a useful guide for anyone with an interest in race relations.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-6731-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-6732-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 276
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1: Chiefs, Braves, and Tomahawks: The Use of American Indians as University Mascots No access
2. 2: Teach Them Respect Not Racism: Common Themes and Questions About the Use of “Indian” Logos No access
3. 3: Native Americans as Sports Mascots No access
4. 4: The Problems with Native American Mascots No access
5. 5: What the “Fighting Sioux” Tells Us about White People No access
6. 6: Gendered Discourse: Higher Education, Mascots, and Race No access
1. 7: A Letter from the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees Regarding the Use of Chief Illiniwek (February 17, 1998) No access
2. 8: On the Use of American Indian Mascots: A Presentation to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (January 28, 2002) No access
3. 9: American Indian Imagery and the Miseducation of America No access
4. 10: Native Images in Schools and the Racially Hostile Environment No access
5. 11: Native Mascots and Ethnic Fraud in Higher Education: Using Tribal Critical Race Theory and the Interest Convergence Principle as an Analytic Tool No access
6. 12: Mascots and Meaning: How One District Worked Through the Emotional Issue of Changing Team Logos No access
7. 13: Strategies for Making Team Identity Change No access
8. 14: Native American Mascots and Alumni Giving No access
1. 15: Defensive Dialogues: Native American Mascots, Anti-Indianism, and Educational Institutions No access
2. 16: Putting the Moccasin on the Other Foot: A Media History of the “Fighting Whities” No access
3. 17: Note to Congress: Stop Shielding “Indian” Mascots and Start Defending Indian People No access
4. 18: The Resurrection of the Chief No access
5. 19: Tribe Approval of Mascots Not Enough No access
1. 20: Statement on the Use of Native American Images and Nicknames as Sports Symbols (2001) No access
2. 21: The Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council Mascot Resolution (July 14, 2001) No access
3. 22: Opposition to the University of North Dakota’s Use of the Fighting Sioux Name and Logo (2002) No access
4. 23: Denouncement of the Use of Any American Indian Name or Artifice Associated with Team Mascots by Any Professional/Nonprofessional Sport Teams (1993) No access
5. 24: Resolution in Opposition to Native American Mascots (1999) No access
6. 25: Statement on Team Names (1993) No access
7. 26: Statement on the Use of American Indian Sports Mascots (January 27, 1999) No access
8. 27: Resolution Recommending the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images, and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations No access
9. 28: Native American Imagery Resolution (2005) No access
10. 29: Policy on Native American Logos and Names (1993) No access
11. 30: Competition and Anti-Discrimination Policy (2002) No access
12. 31: Guideline for Use of Native American Mascots (2005) No access
13. 32: Resolution on the Elimination of American Indian Mascots (1997) No access
14. 33: Resolution Condemning Use of Derogatory Sports Team Names, Mascots, and Symbols (1999) No access
15. 34: Resolution on Native American Mascots (1998) No access
16. 35: Resolution on Native American Mascots (2002) No access
17. 36: Resolution of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs (1999) No access
18. 37: Report on Use of Nicknames, Logos, and Mascots Depicting Native American People in Michigan Education Institutions (1988) No access
19. 38: California Racial Mascots Act, AB 858 (2004) No access
20. 39: Oklahoma Racial Mascots Act, Senate Bill 567,1st Session of the 50th Legislature (2005) No access
21. 40: Tennessee Mascot Act: House Bill no. 133 (2007) by Representatives Bell, Matlock, Hill; Substituted for: Senate Bill no. 162 by Senator Bunch No access
22. 41: U.S. House Resolution 1933 (2005) No access
23. 42: Protection of University Governance Act of 2006, H. R. 5289 (May 4, 2006) No access
1. 43: Organizations Advocating Change No access
2. 44: American Indian Mascot and Nickname Changes: A Chronology No access
References No access Pages 265 - 270
Index No access Pages 271 - 274
About the Editor No access Pages 275 - 276