Tag: TurtleTalk

• 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…

  May 4, 2016

  Scholarships

  Brigham Young University, BYU Education and Law Journal, Indian Mascots, National Football League, Native American Mascots, NCAA, NFL, Stephanie Jade Bollinger, The Daily Show, TurtleTalk, Washington Redskins

• 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″

  August 5, 2015

  Announcement, Article

  #R-word, Goshen, IN, Indiana, Mascot, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, TurtleTalk