American Indian Sports Team Mascots

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. 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
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
2022 - 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	World Wide Web Exclusive!! *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**

NEWS

01/17/25 In a popular corner of California, racist high school mascots remain California

01/15/25 Whitesboro announces school's teams will go without a nickname in the future Whitesboro, New York

01/07/25 Benson puts team nickname change on hold pending results of legislative session Benson, Minnesota

12/09/24 NFL Fans Accusing Arrowhead Stadium Of 'Racist' Behavior Kansas City, Missouri

11/28/24 Washington Commanders Will Not Be Changing Their Name Today Washington, DC/National

11/25/24 Local school districts respond to new legislation on Native American mascots California

11/18/24 Should Wetumpka have the Indians as its mascot? Wetumpka, Alabama

11/15/24 California will rename places to remove racist term for a Native American woman. Change will involve over 30 locations in 15 counties California

11/15/24 Killingly High School’s controversial mascot to (again) be retired. Previous return to former team name cost district almost $94K in State funds from tribes Killingly, Connecticut

11/13/24 Interview with Dr. Debbie Reese, scholar on American Indians in Children's Literature and banned book watchdog National, United States

11/09/24 Business is booming again for Washington’s ‘sleeping giant’ NFL franchise Landover, Maryland

11/04/24 Mesa ruins dating back hundreds of years renamed to honor Native American heritage Mesa, Arizona

11/01/24 North Dakota state park will no longer be named for Civil War general who fought Native Americans North Dakota

For many more news articles visit the Archives Section.

How Hollywood stereotyped the Native Americans

"Proud to Be"
2 minute National Congress of American Indians' PSA

1992 Oprah show on mascots and other American Indian issues

Video We Are NOT Your Mascots

from Let's Talk Native TV with John Kane

From Disney's 1953 Children's Cartoon Movie "Peter Pan" "What Makes the Redman Red"

Gallery of eleven Native "themed" sports team political cartoons

Timeline: A Century of Racist Sports Team Names

This mascots database lists thousands of schools that use Native American related sports team tokens.

Salon - Nothing scarier than a nervous white man: ~~The 'Redsk*ns'~~ debate is really about white privilege
The debate about the Washington ~~Redsk*ns~~ name is all wrong: It's really a symbol of white fear in a changing nation

The following categories provide useful information but are largely dormant and not all have been kept current
Educators' Resources Scholarly articles, resolutions, school related material	Psychological aspects A summary of some primary psychological issues related to the use of "Indian" sports team tokens	Frequently Asked Questions about the institutionalized use of "Native" themed sports team tokens
List of oranizations endorsing changes to "Indian" sports team, logos, mascots, nicknames, and symbols	Trailblazers List of schools and Others That Have Changed "Indian" Mascots	Archives Past news articles, videos, books, etc.

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~~Redskin~~, Tanned Hide: A Book of Christian History
Bound in the Flayed Skin of an American Indian:
The Colonial Romance, christian Denial and
the Cleansing of a christian School of Theology.
- A scholarly paper from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion
by Dr. Tink Tinker, Wazhazhe / Osage Nation -