The Native American mascot controversy : a handbook

King, C. Richard, 1968- (Added Author).

Summary: This volume offers an overview of the controversies surrounding the use of Native American mascots for sports teams over the past 40 years. It trains its attention on education to reveal the significance of the continued use of such symbols, artifacts, and identities and the efforts to combat them. A collection of primary documents and an extensive list of resources for further study are also included. Expounding the dangers and damages associated with their continued use, the editors created a guide for anyone with an interest in race relations. Sports mascots have been a tradition for decades. According to this work, once considered a benign practice, numerous studies have proved just the opposite that the use of Native American mascots in educational institutions has perpetuated a shameful history of racial insensitivity.

Record details

ISBN: 0810867311 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780810867314 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Background. 1. Chiefs, braves, and tomahawks : the use of American Indians as university mascots / Robert Longwell-Grice and Hope Longwell-Grice -- 2. Teach them respect not racism : common themes and questions about the use of "Indian" logos / Barbara E. Munson -- 3. Native Americans and sports mascots / Sharon Pray Muir -- 4. The problems with Native American mascots / Laurel R. Davis -- 5. What the "Fighting Sioux" tells us about white people / Robert Jensen -- 6. Gendered discourse: higher education, mascots, and race / Jennifer Guiliano. Part II. Educational issues. 7. A letter from the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees regarding the use of Chief Illiniwek -- 8. On the use of American Indian mascots : a presentation to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee / Roy H. Saigo -- 9. American Indian imagery and the miseducation of America / Ellen J. Staurowsky -- 10. Native images in schools and the racially hostile environment / Lawrence R. Baca -- 11. Native mascots and ethnic fraud in higher education : using tribal critical race theory and the interest convergence principle as an analytic tool / Angelina E. Castagno and Stacey J. Lee -- 12. Mascots and meaning : how one district worked through the emotional issue of changing team logos / Terry Grier -- 13. Strategies for making team identity change / David Carl Wahlberg -- 14. Native American mascots and alumni giving / Patrick J. McEwan and Clive R. Belfield. Part III. Reform and resistance. 15. Defensive dialogues : Native American mascots, anti-Indianism, and educational institutions / C. Richard King -- 16. Putting the moccasin on the other foot : a media history of the "Fighting Whities" / Bruce E. Johansen -- 17. Note to Congress : stop shielding "Indian" mascots and start defending Indian people / Suzan Shown Harjo -- 18. The resurrection of the chief / Dave Zirin -- 19. Tribe approval of mascots not enough / Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, University of Wisconsin.