American Indian Sports Team Mascots
Change the Mascot
State-By-State Change The Mascot Petitions
Change the Name and Imagery of the Kansas City Chiefs football team petition from Not In Our Honor
Illuminative
Created and led by Native
peoples, IllumiNative is a nonprofit initiative designed to increase the
visibility of – and challenge the negative narrative about – Native
Nations and peoples in American society. |
Reclaiming Native Truth
First Nations Development Institute
Research Findings: Compilation of all Research |
National Congress of American Indians
Comprehensive Native "themed" mascot resource: Ending the Legacy of Racism in Sports & the Era of Harmful 'Indian' Sports Mascots The NCAI is
the largest, oldest, and most representative of all American Indian
advocacy organizations and has opposed the use of stereotyping practices
since 1968.
Association on American Indian Affairs
Position statement condemning "the use of derogatory Native sports team names, mascots, symbols and gestures."
National Indian Education Association
Resolution calling
"for the immediate elimination of race-based Indian logos, mascots, and
names from educational institutions throughout the Nation." |
American Psychological Association
Summary of Resolution recommending retirement of American Indian Mascots.
The full resolution is here.
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Complete text of Position Statement on the use of Native American Images and Nicknames as Sports Symbols.
Also see the 2021 Briefing Report of
the Nebraska Advisory Committee to the USCCR on Civil Rights and the
Impact of Native American Names, Symbols, and Imagery in School Mascots
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Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Muskogee Nations
Inter-Tribal mascot resolution "representing over 400,000 people throughout the United States" |
American Indian and Alaska Native Society of Indian Psychologists
Statement on retiring Native American mascots |
American Counseling Association
Resolution calling for the elimination of stereotypic American Indian imagery
Council of the American Sociological Association
Statement on Discontinuing the Use of Native American Nicknames, Logos and Mascots in Sport |
Oneida Indian Nation
30 page study shows scientific proof that "Indian" mascots hurt Native Americans
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET)
Resolution calling on the National Football League to end the use of the Washington, D.C. racially offensive slur team name. USET
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Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
Colorado School of Public Health
2022: Twenty Years of Research into the Health Impacts of Native-Themed mascots: A Scoping Review.
2020 Study: Unpacking the Mascot Debate
Native American Identification Predicts Opposition to Native Mascots
2020 Study: The psychosocial effects of Native American mascots:
A comprehensive review of empirical research findings
2008 Study: Of Warrior Chiefs and Indian Princesses:
The Psychological Consequences of American Indian Mascots
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Of Polls and Race Prejudice: Sports Illustrated "Errant 'Indian Wars'"
Also see 2004 Annenberg Survey Designers Acknowledge Invalid Results And 11 Reasons to Ignore the old 2004 Annenberg Survey About the Washington Football Team's Offensive Name
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NEWS
02/23/26
Bill aims to eliminate indigenous mascots in K-12 schools Aurora,
Illinois/Statewide
02/20/26
Clairmont High could have new mascot name starting next school year San
Diego, California
02/10/26
Ban on ‘Indian’ mascots proposed by NJ congressman New
Jersey
12/05/25
Massapequa Lawsuit To Keep Indigenous Mascot Dismissed
Massapequa,
New York
01/13/26
Psychologist discusses the impact of Native American mascots in schools and
universities University of
Illinois/National
12/10/25
Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to NY Indigenous Mascot Ban New
York State
12/05/25
Lawsuit challenging New York’s ban on Native American mascots thrown out New
York State
12/05/25
Massapequa Lawsuit To Keep Indigenous Mascot Dismissed Massapequa,
New York
12/01/25
Perspectives: Trump’s urge to restore mascots recalls legacy here
Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/20/25
Mascots and memory: Revisiting the UMass RedmenAmhurst,
Massachusetts
11/07/25
Fullerton Union High School Moves to Replace 100-Year-Old Mascot
Fullerton, California
10/24/25
Bill would ban ‘Indians’ and other native-themed school names and mascots in
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
10/22/25
Debate over Native American mascots anchors a Pa. court settlement and proposed
legislation
Pennsylvania
09/10/25
Tulsa Public Schools bans discriminatory imagery but fate of Central, Webster
mascots undecided Tulsa,
Oklahoma
09/07/25
Op-Ed: Massapequa’s Chiefs mascot mocks Indigenous people like me
Massapequa, New York/National
09/05/25
NYS
Native American mascot ban: Opponents considering legal action after Connetquot
settlement vote
Bohemia, New York
09/05/25
NY school changes name to ‘T-Birds,’ but Native American advocates not satisfied
Bohemia, New York
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