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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)
Globally, there are teams in Africa and Europe that use Native American images and logos, while in South America there are a number of teams that reference the Guaraní people. In Brazil, these teams may be referred to using the derogatory term "bugre". [2]
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 ...
In 2015, representatives of several native tribes from the American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance met with Micosay leadership and published a five-page article in Practicing Anthropology called "For $1,000 You Can Be a Dog Soldier: The Tribe of Should-be-Ashamed". It summarized: "The Micosay have a long history of ...
The name will be retained, but the school plans to phase out its Native American logo, beginning with sports jerseys. [242] 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. [243] Wickes High School, Wickes, Arkansas
They asked him to replace the team nickname, retire the female "Redskinette" dancers in pseudo-native dress, and change the lyrics to the fight song. Williams listened to their concerns, but in the end he only changed the song lyrics, saying, "The 'swamp 'ems,' 'scalp 'ems,' and 'heap 'ems' is a mockery of dialect.
No less than nine other tipis, adorned with Native-inspired images like the eponymous image of the Apache warrior the store is named for, the bugle-playing Kokopelli, lizards, Navajo holy people ...
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. [226]