Table of Contents |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
PART I | BACKGROUND | 1 |
1 | Chiefs, Braves, and Tomahawks: The Use of American Indians as University Mascots / Hope Longwell-Grice | 3 |
2 | Teach Them Respect Not Racism: Common Themes and Questions about the Use of "Indian" Logos / Barbara E. Munson | 13 |
3 | Native Americans as Sports Mascots / Sharon Pray Muir | 19 |
4 | The Problems with Native American Mascots / Laurel R. Davis | 23 |
5 | What the "Fighting Sioux" Tells Us about White People / Robert Jensen | 33 |
6 | Gendered Discourse: Higher Education, Mascots, and Race / Jennifer Guiliano | 41 |
PART II | EDUCATIONAL ISSUES | 47 |
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 | 49 |
8 | On the Use of American Indian Mascots: A Presentation to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee / Roy H. Saigo | 57 |
9 | American Indian Imagery and the Miseducation of America / Ellen J. Staurowsky | 63 |
10 | Native Images in Schools and the Racially Hostile Environment / Lawrence R. Baca | 79 |
11 | Native Mascots and Ethnic Fraud in Higher Education: Using Tribal Critical Race Theory and the Interest Convergence Principle as an Analytic Tool / Stacey J. Lee | 89 |
12 | Mascots and Meaning: How One District Worked Through the Emotional Issue of Changing Team Logos / Terry Grier | 111 |
13 | Strategies for Making Team Identity Change / David Carl Wahlberg | 117 |
14 | Native American Mascots and Alumni Giving / Clive R. Belfield | 127 |
PART III | REFORM AND RESISTANCE | 143 |
15 | Defensive Dialogues: Native American Mascots, Anti-Indianism, and Educational Institutions / C. Richard King | 145 |
16 | Putting the Moccasin on the Other Foot: A Media History of the "Fighting Whities" / Bruce E. Johansen | 163 |
17 | Note to Congress: Stop Shielding "Indian" Mascots and Start Defending Indian People / Suzan Shown Harjo | 179 |
18 | The Resurrection of the Chief / Dave Zirin | 183 |
19 | Tribe Approval of Mascots Not Enough Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, University of Wisconsin | 187 |
PART IV | DOCUMENTS: POLICIES, RESOLUTIONS, AND LEGISLATION | 189 |
20 | Statement on the Use of Native American Images and Nicknames as Sports Symbols (2001) U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | 191 |
21 | The Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council Mascot Resolution (July 14, 2001) Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council | 195 |
22 | Opposition to the University of North Dakota's Use of the Fighting Sioux Name and Logo (2002) Governing Body of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation | 197 |
23 | Denouncement of the Use of Any American Indian Name or Artifice Associated with Team Mascots by Any Professional/ Nonprofessional Sport Teams (1993) National Congress of American Indians | 199 |
24 | Resolution in Opposition to Native American Mascots (1999) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 201 |
25 | Statement on Team Names (1993) American Jewish Committee | 203 |
26 | Statement on the Use of American Indian Sports Mascots (January 27, 1999) Society of Indian Psychologists | 205 |
27 | Resolution Recommending the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images, and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations (2005) American Psychological Association | 209 |
28 | Native American Imagery Resolution (2005) North American Society for the Sociology of Sport | 217 |
29 | Policy on Native American Logos and Names (1993) University of Wisconsin Athletic Department | 219 |
30 | Competition and Anti-Discrimination Policy (2002) Advisory Committee on Athletics, University of Minnesota | 221 |
31 | Guideline for Use of Native American Mascots (2005) National Collegiate Athletic Association | 223 |
32 | Resolution on the Elimination of American Indian Mascots (1997) Los Angeles City Board of Education | 225 |
33 | Resolution Condemning Use of Derogatory Sports Team Names, Mascots, and Symbols (1999) Hutchinson Human Relations Commission | 227 |
34 | Resolution on Native American Mascots (1998) Governors' Interstate Indian Council | 229 |
35 | Resolution on Native American Mascots (2002) New Hampshire State Board of Education | 231 |
36 | Resolution of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs (1999) Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs | 233 |
37 | Report on Use of Nicknames, Logos, and Mascots Depicting Native American People in Michigan Education Institutions (1988) Michigan Civil Rights Commission | 237 |
38 | California Racial Mascots Act AB 858 (2004) State of California | 239 |
39 | Oklahoma Racial Mascots Act, Senate Bill 567 (2005) Bill Introduced in the Oklahoma State Senate | 241 |
40 | Tennessee Mascot Act (2007) State of Tennessee | 245 |
41 | U.S. House Resolution 1933 (2005) 109th Congress, U.S. House of Representatives | 247 |
42 | Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 Bill Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives | 251 |
PART V | ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | 253 |
43 | Organizations Advocating Change | 255 |
44 | American Indian Mascot and Nickname Changes: A Chronology | 259 |
| References | 265 |
| Index | 271 |
| About the Editor | 275 |