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Schools that removed all references to Native American culture or were deemed not to have references to Native American culture as part of their athletics programs: Alcorn State University – Lorman, Mississippi - Logo is a large A, mascot is the "Bravehawk". Lycoming College (Warriors) Eastern Connecticut State University (Warriors)
Name retained, but Native American logo replaced by airplane. Oorang Indians: National Football League LaRue, Ohio: 1923 Defunct Consisting mostly of Native Americans. Ottawa Tomahawks National Basketball League of Canada: Ottawa 2013 Ottawa SkyHawks: Name changed shortly after announced due to controversy, team folded after one season ...
Originally the Philadelphia Warriors (1946–1962), their logo was a cartoon Native American dribbling a basketball. When they moved to San Francisco, the logo became a Native American headdress (1962–1968). The final elimination of Native imagery occurred with the move to Oakland in 1971. [219]
The logo for the NFL Braves was similar to the Redskins logo, a Native American head in profile with braids and trailing feathers. [31] A redesigned logo introduced in 1972 was proposed by Walter Wetzel, a former Blackfoot tribal chairman and past president of the National Congress of American Indians, and was modeled after the likeness on the ...
The name will be retained, but the school plans to phase out its Native American logo, beginning with sports jerseys. [249] White County High School, Cleveland, Georgia; White Oak Middle School, Cincinnati, Ohio - School is considering changing its logo, which depicts a Native American in a headdress. [250] Wickes High School, Wickes, Arkansas
The Syracuse mascot was originally a Native American character named "The Saltine Warrior" (Syracuse's unofficial nickname is the Salt City) and "Big Chief Bill Orange". [3] [4] The character was born out of a hoax from a report by student humor magazine Orange Peel, in which it was claimed that a 16th-century Onondaga chief was unearthed while digging the foundation for the women's gymnasium ...
San Diego State University (SDSU) was not cited by the NCAA in 2005 due to a decision that the Aztecs were not a Native American tribe with any living descendants. [7] An SDSU professor of American Indian Studies states that among other problems the mascot teaches the mistaken idea that the Aztecs were a local tribe rather than living in Mexico ...
The Native American grinning through the shimmering glass brings to mind the constant change in power relations, hierarchies and values." [ 101 ] In an article on Gaillard's work, Indian Country Today Media Network said it was up to the viewer to decide "whether it is a clever re-imagining of a controversial symbol or merely a callous and ...