Over 1000 high schools, 31 colleges or universities, and five professional teams have a native american mascot, logo, or team name. Recently at one level of sports, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), had a debate on whether or not to ban native american names from being used at the collegiate level. Then at another level, the NFL (National Football League) had a big argument a year ago about the same thing, but only with one team. And a long time ago the MLB (Major League Baseball and the NBA (National Basketball Association) was getting involved. People all over got involved in the discussion, letting their opinions be heard. These people include native americans themselves and even just normal people that do not have a connection to the
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During one of the games the Braves fans did the tomahawk chop and screamed indian chants throughout the game. And the Indians fans proudly waved fake tomahawks and covered their faces in paint. This caused a revolt; native american activists waited outside the stadium with signs and protested the inappropriate use of their symbols. People should not be getting mad about native american mascots or names, it is doing no harm to anyone and anything. The main reason for symbols is to bring a community closer together. Schools especially do this a lot to get their students to get more spirit and excitement to go to school.
For instance, in 2nd and 3rd grade I went to Wayside Elementary in Bartlesville, OK. We were the Wayside Chippewas, and for me in those years everyday i drew something involving an indian because I thought it was very cool. It was just something I was interested in at that age. We had a big Indian Chief head right when you walk into the school and it was always amazing to see when you walked past it and saw it. We are doing the opposite of mocking them, in fact we are celebrating
During one of the games the Braves fans did the tomahawk chop and screamed indian chants throughout the game. And the Indians fans proudly waved fake tomahawks and covered their faces in paint. This caused a revolt; native american activists waited outside the stadium with signs and protested the inappropriate use of their symbols. People should not be getting mad about native american mascots or names, it is doing no harm to anyone and anything. The main reason for symbols is to bring a community closer together. Schools especially do this a lot to get their students to get more spirit and excitement to go to school.
For instance, in 2nd and 3rd grade I went to Wayside Elementary in Bartlesville, OK. We were the Wayside Chippewas, and for me in those years everyday i drew something involving an indian because I thought it was very cool. It was just something I was interested in at that age. We had a big Indian Chief head right when you walk into the school and it was always amazing to see when you walked past it and saw it. We are doing the opposite of mocking them, in fact we are celebrating