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American Studies Association 2004
On Being a Warrior Race, Gender, and Native American sports mascots. Dinah Zeiger,School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Colorado,
http://asa.press.jhu.edu/program04/saturday.html

Extractions: General Information Thursday, November 11 Friday, November 12 Saturday, November 13 ... Table of Contents AM AM Breakfast for the Women in American Studies AM PM Student Hospitality Lounge AM Killer Amusements: Scrutinizing the Military-Entertainment-Industrial Complex CHAIR: Ara Wilson , Women's Studies Department, Ohio State University PAPERS: Caren Kaplan , Departments of Women's Studies and Cultural Studies, University of California, Davis
@ UNITY 2004 | Atunity.org | Washington, D.C.
Verbal sparks flew at a panel discussion about offensive sports mascots hosted During introductions at the Mascots Sports and Stereotypes workshop,
http://atunity.org/nm/publish/news_63.html

Extractions: Sara Fajardo /@UNITY.org photo Indian Country Today Columnist Suzan Shown Harjo takes questions during the panel Mascots: Sports and Stereotypes on Thursday. Harjo is part of a fight to rid team mascots based on negative Native Americans stereotypes. Verbal sparks flew at a panel discussion about offensive sports mascots hosted by the Native American Journalists Association on Thursday. During introductions at the Mascots: Sports and Stereotypes workshop, NAJA board member Dan Agent expressed disappointment at the low turnout and remarked that maybe the topic was not as hot as we would have liked for it to be. But his concerns were gradually put to rest. The discussion heated up when the issue of whether it was appropriate for media outlets to use such names was raised. Chadwick Contassel Smith, the principal chief of Cherokee Nation, said that he views the media as an adversary and does not often enough aid in the battle for a Native American democracy. Unless this media issue is upfront with their transgressions, theyre a part of the problem too, Smith said.
Penn Current: What’s In A Name? Plenty
Anyone who wants to be a sports mascot can. But most of us native people dontwant to be used as sports mascots. So there shouldnt be any.
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2004/111804/also2.html

Extractions: November 18, 2004 SEMINAR/Harjo says Native Americans are people, not mascots. By TIM HYLAND Hip screening system offers at-risk dogs a better chance Whatís in a name? Plenty Harjo has been working toward that goal for years, and remains locked in an ongoing legal battle with her hometown Redskins that she hopes will eventually force the team to change its name. Though Harjo and her supporters won their case before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1999, the ruling was overturned by a federal judge in 2003. The case is now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals. www.museum.upenn.edu/new/events/calendar.php
Gazette: Letters
When nonIndian sports mascots dress up in feathers and war paint and performmade-up dances, they trivialize and demean the religious beliefs that are part
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0505/0505letters.html

Extractions: March/April] stirred up great memories. Sam designed several brochures for HUP when I directed its public-relations department in the mid-1960s. He also taught my graphic-design class at the Annenberg School. I remember one class assignment: to depict wind. Using ripped and cut colored papers, Sam could make a flat surface vibrate. Always open to creative possibilities, he encouraged us to trust our own hunches and take chances. Baltimore It is shocking that Penn students may request any gender roommates for on-campus housing. Even more astounding is the reasoning for it: to make students feel at home [ March/April]. First, do the trustees and administration really believe that this policy will not Gender-neutral housing will create more problems than it solves. Most parents would not want their son rooming with his girlfriend. Plain City, OH Appalled by Alma Mater We are appalled that Dr. Gutmann and the Penn administration are allowing mixed-gender on-campus housing. We have four children, the oldest in ninth grade. We will discourage them from attending our alma mater as long as you are not providing a safe environment that upholds key moral traditions of all civilizations.
Richardson Sports Mascots & Objects
Richardson Sports offers 60 stock objects. Use the list boxes below to choosethe object category to display images of the designs.
http://www.richardsoncap.com/web/embroidery/mascot_object.htm

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BaseballFest 2004 Makes Its Pitch To The Lehigh Valley
Appearances by famous sports mascots. o The Phillie Phanatic (1130 am to 130pm). o Reading Phillies mascot. o Boomer the Trenton Thunder s mascot
http://www.lehighvalleypa.org/default.aspx?pageid=724
Mascot Clipart - Mascot T-shirt Design
sports mascots (Pro Version) Great For All Sports Projects! This is ProductionGradeArt Created For Quality - Not Quantity! All clipart is in EPS vector
http://www.jamnart.com/art-intro/mascots/
Poynter Online - What's In A (Nick)name?
how they felt about the use of Native images as sports mascots and team names.Among the questions Did the youths think the mascots were disrespectful?
http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.58/aid.36149/column.htm

Extractions: Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 -1978) Names. Some sound sweet, some sour. How they sound depends on what they mean to the speaker or writer, as well as to the one who hears or reads it. The issue of names with regard to team mascots resurfaced recently when the Star Tribune announced it might abandon its policy of not using American Indian nicknames in its sports pages. Instead of banning their use, the newspaper would use guidelines about what names would be used.
Poynter Online - What's In A (Nick)name?
the majority of Indians didn t care if they were used as sports mascots. Those mascot names are the teams names. That s a fact. That s reality.
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_print.asp?id=36149&custom=
MSN - Movies In Whose Honor?
inadvertent or not in making sports mascots out of Native Americans. The antics of mascots on the sidelines and caricatured logos .
http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=396098
UND School Of Law: Faculty Executive Committee Resolution
Whereas misuse of Native American mascots and imagery creates a discriminatory American sports mascots, team names, and logos by nonNative organizations.
http://www.und.edu/org/bridges/schooloflaw.html

Extractions: UND School of Law: Faculty Executive Committee Resolution Adopted March 1, 2002 Whereas the University of North Dakota School of Law is committed to promoting cultural diversity and nondiscriminatory practices; and Whereas misuse of Native American mascots and imagery creates a discriminatory environment which promotes racist stereotypes and dehumanizes and disrespects Native peoples and cultures; and Whereas numerous American Indian groups and organizations, educational institutions, civil rights organizations (including the United States Commission on Civil Rights), and other groups across the nation have formally declared opposition to the use of Native American people as mascots, nicknames, and logos by public institutions; and Whereas Whereas Whereas Resolved that we, the Faculty Executive Committee of the University of North Dakota School of Law, oppose the use of Native American sports mascots, team names, and logos by non-Native organizations; and be it further Resolved Resolved that we, the Faculty Executive Committee of the University of North Dakota School of Law, strongly encourage the University of North Dakota campus media to discontinue the use of all Native American sports mascots, team names, and logos by non-Native organizations.
Other University Resolutions
Mankato, condemn the use of Native American sports mascots, team names, American sports mascots, team names, and logos by nonNative organizations.
http://www.und.edu/org/bridges/passed.html

Extractions: (and not just on "athletic" grounds!!) Mankato State University Passed Unanimously on Wednesday, January 30th, 2002 Draft of Resolution to be brought before The Student Senate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Whereas: Racial discrimination is prohibited by state and federal law, and Minnesota State University, Mankato is committed to promoting cultural diversity and non-discriminatory practices, and Whereas: The misuse of Native American mascots and imagery creates a discriminatory environment which promotes racist stereotypes and dehumanizes and disrespects Native peoples and cultures, so be it Resolved: That we, the Student Senate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, condemn the use of Native American sports mascots, team names, and logos by non-Native organizations, and be it further Resolved: That we, the Student Senate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, strongly encourage the Minnesota State University, Mankato administration to publicly reaffirm its 1979 stance denouncing the use of Native American sports mascots, team names, and logos by non-Native organizations, and be it further
ILCA Online
1999 October guest lecturer for Sociology 100, Introduction to Sociology racialsports mascots Principles of Composition racial sports mascots
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=pr
Article - 02/23/2003
sports mascots are a Big Part of the Team. JOHN HUNNEMAN Staff Writer sports mascots are not new, said Raymond, owner of the Raymond Entertainment
http://www.ssur.org/articles/items/20030223_Mascots.htm

Extractions: Staff Writer LAKE ELSINORE For baseball purists, the sweetest places on earth this time of year are the green fields of Arizona and Florida, where the coming season's "Boys of Summer" are spending their days working out the kinks of winter. However, for an increasingly important member of any professional baseball club especially at the minor league level there is no off-season. Phillie Phanatic "The difference between the major and minor leagues is that, in the majors, the clubs have stars they can use to promote their ball club," said Dave Oster, general manager of the Lake Elsinore Storm, a minor league affiliate of the San Diego Padres. "In San Diego they have a (Phil) Nevin or a (Ryan) Klesko. In the minor leagues, for the most part, people don't know who the players are." Enter, the mascot.
Putting The Moccasin On The Other Foot
Native American sports mascots became an active political issue during the late1960s, with the founding of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in
http://www.colorado.edu/Sewall/mocfoot.htm

Extractions: A media history of the "Fighting Whities." ABSTRACT The use of American Indian mascots or symbols for professional and collegiate sports teams has stirred considerable controversy in recent years because Native Americans in North America maintain that such symbols and mascots are stereotypical and dehumanizing. In 2002, an intramural basketball team in Colorado decided to change its name to the "Fighting Whites" as a parody of the name "Fighting Reds," used by a nearby high school. This article analyzes the rhetorical nature of the "Fighting Whites" (or, as they also were known, "Fighting Whities") short but meteoric journey in both print and electronic media. Introduction Native American sports mascots became an active political issue during the late 1960s, with the founding of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis . Because of AIM, some of the first Indian stereotypes fell in the Midwest . At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), for example, a chapter of AIM spearheaded a change of mascot from "Indians" to "Mavericks," a beef animal with an attitude, in 1971. The change was popular on campus in part because the visual depiction of "Owumpie," the "Omaha Indian," was tacky - tacky enough to make the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo look like a real gentleman. The student body of UNO eventually voted to give "Owumpie" the boot. Stanford University changed its Indian mascot to a cardinal at about the same time. During the late 1960s, the National Congress of American Indians launched a campaign to bring an end to the use of Indian sports mascots and other media stereotypes. [ 2 ]
Area GOP Urges End To Use Of Indian Sports Mascots - (text)
Area GOP urges end to use of Indian sports mascots Practice called demeaning toNative Americans By RICK OLIVO The Daily Press
http://www.ashlandwi.com/placed/index.php?story_id=202582&view=text
Sports Mascots Agonistes | MetaFilter
Bad Anthropologies by C. Richard KingIn spite of noteworthy entanglements, sports mascots have little resemblance with Thinking of anthropology in relation to sport mascots encourages the
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Extractions: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:09 PM PST Home Archives Login Ask MetaFilter ... MetaTalk Tags: The dark side of being a sports mascot. Assault and battery by opposing coaches and fans. Having to do acrobatics in foul-smelling costumes in 80-degree heat. Lawsuits. Injuries. "I've got really good accidental death and dismemberment insurance," [NBA mascot Kirk] Johnson said with a laugh. "You never know what's going to happen." Behind that frolicsome giant stuffed animal lies a bleak world of terror and pain. [no more inside, wasn't that enough?] That's a good read. People do seem to forget that there's a real live human being in there. The mascot I'm most familiar with is the Phillie Phanatic, and he just loves to repeatedly provoke the opposing team and get people all riled up. That's part of his act, but I've seen it backfire on him once or twice; he's been on the receiving end of punching, kicking, and general ass-kicking by people that he's worked up into a frenzy. He makes good money , though, and a ton more from endorsements, from what I understand.
Research
The case for keeping sports mascots and logos the way they are seems to have If Indian mascots and nicknames are deemed offensive and sports teams have
http://www.unc.edu/~mjwilson/research.html

Extractions: Sources ... Mini-Essay on Steve Case and AOL In popular culture, it seems that America has a fascination with Native American imagery. Many drive cars that are Cherokee, Navajo, or Winnebago models and go to schools with mascots like the Warriors, Braves, Indians and Fighting Reds. On the weekends, they pull for professional sports teams such as the Atlanta Braves, Washington Redskins, and the Cleveland Indians. For more than 30 years, the debate has been raging over the use of Native American imagery, in the form of names and mascots, by high schools, college and professional teams. The case for keeping sports mascots and logos the way they are seems to have its entrenched supporters, but the opponents of using Indian images and names to represent sports teams are growing behind a large grassroots effort of civil rights organizations, multicultural groups, Native American activist organizations and tribal leaders. These activist organizations continually work to banish clownish figures like the Cleveland Indian's Chief Wahoo and racially insensitive names like the Washington Redskins. These activists argue that these images and names are demeaning and dehumanizing. Does it matter that these symbols are caricatures of human beings or of a race of people? Does this imagery promote racism?
AMERICANINDIANSFORUM Archives - May 2001
Date Thu, 10 May 2001 165223 0400; Re sports mascots (98 lines) DateThu, 10 May 2001 112525 EDT; Re Sports Team Mascots and Colonialism (76
http://ashp.listserv.cuny.edu/scriptsashp/wa-ashp.exe?A1=ind0105&L=americanindia
Tolerance.org Racist Slurs Taint US Sports
After all, there s little debate that the use of people as mascots is, at best, using sports mascots and nicknames that depict Native Americans by 2004.
http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1047

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