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Videos and Documents |
Videos
| School Board Blues | 75 minutes |
| Tobe Carey | October 2004 |
| This insightful docu-memoir finely details the highly charged emotional and political environment associated with a years-long struggle to change an American Indian sports team token in the Onteora, New York, school district and subsequent school board actions. "Onteora" is a fabricated "Indian" name and its school district is the only one known to have rescinded an anti-discrimination policy in order to reinstate an ethnic sports team mascot. | |
 In Whose Honor? |
Approximately 60 min. |
| Jay Rosenstein |
July 1997 |
| This is the video documentary which features Charlene Teter's in her efforts addressing the mascot issue at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. | |
| People Not Mascots! |
Approximately 30 min. |
| United Church of Christ |
UCC, 700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115-1100 216-736-2224 |
| Information found in a brochure describing this video states that it is "An in-depth look at the use of Native American tribal names and sacred symbols by sports teams in the United States." Price is $25.00 + $2.00 s&h. | |
| Bradley University Collection |
3/8/94 |
| This collection of seven videos all concern the American Indian sports team mascots issue. (Unpreviewed) | |
Documents
Also see More Educators' Resources for items that may have been overlooked for inclusion on this page
| A Resolution in Support of the Elimination of the Use of AmericanIndian Descriptions of Mascots, Logos, and Sports Team Nicknames... |
February 2001 |
| Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs |
Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs |
| This well-stated resolution articulates many important concerns common to theuse of "Indian" sports team tokens and calls upon the Maryland Governor to issue and executive order directing Maryland Boards of Education, and related others, to discontinue the use such race-related practices. | |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) On the Negative Effects of Stereotyping Native Americans |
1999 |
| 211th General Assembly Presbytery of the Western Reserve |
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| Among other things this resolution directs, "the Stated Clerk to write to professional teams, universities, colleges, and schools that use Native American imagery, expressing deep concern about the misuse of Native American names, images, and symbols, and urging them to develop a process to choose a new name, logo, and/or mascot for the team;" | |
| American Jewish Committee Statement on Team Names |
March 16, 1998 |
| Kenneth Stern |
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| "[T]he American Jewish Committee deplores and opposes the use of racial or ethnic stereotypes in the names or titles of business, professional, sport or their public entitles when the affected group has not chosen the name itself. The AJC resolves to encourage such entitles to end their use of offending stereotypes." | |
| Anti-defamation resolution |
June 28, 1993 |
| National Congress of American Indians |
National Congress of American Indians |
| "Denounces the use of any American Indian name or Artifice associated with team mascots" and calls for their elimination. Resolution #MID-GB-58. This is the second resolution of its type by the NCAI. Here is an NCAI Anti-Defamation statement on the mascot issue. |
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| Anti-defamation statement | Date unknown |
| Association on American Indian Affairs | Association on American Indian Affairs1815 H St., NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006 |
| Covers sports team nicknames, media images, debasement of spiritual practices and strongly denounces "Crazy Horse Malt Liquor." Headquarters in Sisston, SD & offices in Concord, CA and Washington, D.C. | |
| Countering Prejudice against American Indians and Alaska Natives through Antibias Curriculum and Instruction |
October 1996 |
| Deirdre A. Almeida | Eric Digest Educational Resources Information Center 1-800-LET-ERIC |
| Besides mentioning sports team mascots as a source of stereotyping, this document defines shortcomings of current teachings about American Indians, presents methods of improvement and offers insights on detecting anti-Indigenous bias in teaching materials. Also includes references and suggested resources. | |
| Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council 1999 Resolution |
January 21, 1999 |
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See resolution for list of GLITC tribes |
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| States the Council's support for the elimination of depictions of and cultural references to American Indians as mascots, logos, and team nicknames in Wisconsin public schools." | |
| Resolution by the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs |
April 19, 1999 |
| Judi M. Morgan, Executive Director |
Commission on Indian Affairs |
| This fine document covers many good points and issues. | |
| Kansas Association for Native American Education Resolution |
March 3, 1998 |
| Kansas Association for Native American Education |
KANAE Mascot Task Force |
| This resolution calls for the "elimination of use of American Indian mascots and logos in all public and private schools in the State of Kansas..." | |
| A LETTER FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING CHIEF ILLINIWEK |
July 16, 1997 |
| Morton Winston, Ph.D. |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1978) |
| Cites scholarly concerns associated with the use of ethnically related symbols which are labeled a type of human rights violation and calls upon the University to replace its present American Indian related sports team mascot. | |
| Native American Journalists Stance on Offensive Mascots |
July 18, 1994 |
| Native American Journalists Association |
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| This resolution passed by the NAJA et al calls upon the media to "officially discontinue the use of Native American and other culturally offensive nicknames, logos and mascots related to professional, college, high school and amateur sports teams;..." | |
| "Our People, Our Future" |
Undated |
| Tom Jones, President, et al | Kentucky Native American Council, Inc. PO Box 12, Keavy, KY 40737 606-877-1609 or 606-864-7895 |
| "A primary goal of this organization is to briefly educate the public about Native American Indians..." and in this concise, well thought out page that, among other things, addresses common misconceptions and stereotypes, the Kentucky Native American Indian Council has done just that. | |
| Los Angeles Board of Education anti-mascot resolution |
9/08/97 |
| Advocates for American Indian Children |
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| This is the resolution that required schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District to honor multi-cultural and anti-discrimination policies by retiring their "Indian" related mascots, nickname, etc. | |
| Resolution from state of Minnesota Board of Education |
5/10/88 |
| Marjorie Johnson, president | |
| "Finds the use of mascots, emblems, or symbols depicting American Indian culture or race unacceptable" and encourages all districts to immediately proceed to remove such mascots, etc." | |
| Resolution adopted by the NAACP |
5/10/99 |
| Marjorie Johnson, president | |
| Calls for a boycott of "Indian" sports team merchandise, support from local NAACP branches and all professional sports teams, and public and private schools and universities currently using such names and images to reject the use of Native Americans" | |
| Resolutions From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
1998 |
| Various authors | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Resolutions from the anthropology and history departments, the College of Medicine, Center for African Studies Advisory Committee and Student Senate Equal Opportunity Committee favoring retirement of UIUC's mascot. | |
| The Stanford Indian Mascot Story |
Stanford American Indian program |
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The history of the mascot change which took place at Stanford University in 1970-72 is outlined in this document formerly found at the University's American Indian program website. |
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| "Symbolic Racism: Chief Wahoo and the Cleveland Indians" |
January 1997, edited June 1997 |
| James V. Fenelon |
American Sociological Association |
| Using a research design involving multiethnic surveys, participant observation, and newspaper analysis, the author, an assistant professor of sociology at John Carroll University, concludes, among other things, that "institutionalized 'white racism' is evidenced in display, distribution, and defense of the racial icon Chief Wahoo." | |
| Two anti-mascot resolutions |
1991 and 1992 |
| National Education Association (NEA) |
National Education Association |
| Passed in two consecutive years by the largest education organization of its kind in the world, these resolutions specifically reject the use of American Indian related tokens, mascots, etc. | |
| United Methodist Church Statements |
1996 |
| Book of Resolutions | |
| Contained on this page are the Church's official positions concerning demeaning sports team nicknames and other items relating to Native Peoples. | |
| Wisconsin Indian Education Association Position Statement |
January 1998 |
| Barbara E. Munson, Chair |
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| An insightful document that clearly addresses any number of educational concerns arising from the use of stereotypic "Indian" nicknames, logos, etc. Additional resources on Wisconsin mascots and other First Nations' issues can be found at the Midwest Treaty Network. | |