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A rubber severed "Indian" head impaled on a knife has been used by a sports fan in Philadelphia to taunt rival teams with Native American mascots. [244] There have been a number of incidents of rival high school teams displaying banners or signs referencing the Trail of Tears , which have been criticized for both insensitivity and ignorance of ...
The Washington Redskins name controversy involved the name and logo previously used by the Washington Commanders, a National Football League (NFL) franchise located in the Washington metropolitan area. In the 1960s, the team's longtime name—the Redskins —and the associated logo began to draw criticism from Native American groups and ...
Kahnawake Mohawks - Cartoon Indian head logo; Kahnawake Tomahawks - Indian head logo; West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association (WSCLA), British Columbia - The Association logo features an "Indian Head" Coquitlam Adanacs - Although "adanac" is Canada spelled backward, their logo features a First Nations woman. Langley Warriors; North Shore Indians
American Indian organizations have called for an end to all Indian-related mascots and that she found the hockey team's name and Indian head symbol to be offensive. "It lacks dignity," she said. "There's dignity in a school being named after a person or a people. There's dignity in a health clinic or hospital.
The "Indian Head" logo used by the Clover Park High School "Warriors" has been replaced by a block "CP" with a spear. [143] In January 2021 a bill was introduced in the state legislature "prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots, logos, or team names". [144]
Chief Wahoo was a logo used by the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians ), a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1951 to 2018. As part of the larger Native American mascot controversy, the logo drew criticism from Native Americans, social scientists, and religious and educational groups, but was ...
Died. July 19, 2016. (2016-07-19) (aged 75) Oxon Hill, Maryland. Zema Williams (July 7, 1941 – July 19, 2016), better known as Chief Zee, was a well-known fan and unofficial mascot of the franchise then known as the Washington Redskins. Dressed in a faux Native American war bonnet, rimmed glasses, and red jacket, Chief Zee began attending ...
The head of the American Indian Council at Oberlin presented Dolan with a packet "containing historical, scholarly and position papers about American Indian team mascots". [48] In 1999, Cuyahoga County Public Library barred its workers from wearing the Chief Wahoo logo to work. [49]