Tag: TurtleTalk
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Via TurtleTalk: New Student Scholarship on Indian Sports Mascots and Nicknames
The BYU Education and Law Journal has published “Between a Tomahawk and a Hard Place: Indian mascots and the NCAA” by Stephanie Jade Bollinger. An excerpt:: Thus, a reviewing court should find that agreements between Native American tribes and Universities granting approval for the use of Indian names as mascots should be void as against public…
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Via Turtle Talk: Goshen, IN Schools Drop R-Name Nickname
Here are several news stories, some detailing the involvement of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians: “Redskins mascot no more in Goshen: School board votes 5-2 to drop name” “THE END OF GOSHEN ‘REDSKINS’: So, where do we go from here?” “Goshen Redskins mascot to be retired Jan. 1, 2016″