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List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples. Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the top 100 team names, "Indians" is 14th, "Braves" is 38th ...
Marquette retired the mascot "Willie Wampum" in 1971, [40] and changed their team name from the Warriors to the Golden Eagles in 1994. The school's president stated: "We live in a different era than when the Warriors nickname was selected in 1954. The perspective of time has shown us that our actions, intended or not, can offend others.
Discrimination. The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo controversy refers to the controversy surrounding the name and logo of the Chicago Blackhawks, a National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. Like other teams with tribal mascots, there are calls from Indigenous activists and organizations to change the Blackhawks ...
Since the 1960s, the issue of Native American and First Nations names and images being used by sports teams as mascots has been the subject of increasing public controversy in the United States and Canada. This has been a period of rising Indigenous civil rights movements, and Native Americans and their supporters object to the use of images ...
From River Rats and Doughboys to Modeltowners and Tractors, the question remains: Who has the best Michigan high school mascot? Breaking down a top 10 and best of the rest:
January 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM. MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro High School, whose mascot is the Sachems — a term for Native American chiefs — is one of 23 schools in the state of Massachusetts whose ...
November 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM. If you ask 10-year-old Dane Heslop, he’s not a big fan of the name that Pasco picked for its third comprehensive high school. “When I first heard about the name ...
B. Baby Blue – secondary mascot of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. Baby Jay and Big Jay – co-mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks. Baldwin and Gladys – co-mascots of the Mary Baldwin University Fighting Squirrels. Baldwin the Eagle – mascot of the Boston College Eagles. Baldwin Jr – inflatable version of Baldwin the Eagle at Boston College.