| Description |
1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Contents |
Prologue; 1. Home Game; 2. The Controversy; 3. Myth and Mascot; 4. Races of Living Things; 5. Starved Rock; 6. That Roughneck Indian Game; 7. Sons of Modern Illini; 8. Folded Leaves; 9. The Wild West; 10. Chills to the Spine, Tears to the Eyes; 11. The Speakers Have it All Wrong; 12. In Whose Honor?; 13. Signaling; 14. The Spoils of Victory; 15. Coloring Books; 16. What Do I Know about Indians?; 17. The Wistful Reservoir; 18. Dancing; 19. Scandalous and Disparaging; 20. The Tribe; 21. A Young Child Speaking; 22. A Racially Hostile Environment?; 23. Homecoming; 24. Video Letters |
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Addendum from Grand Forks, North DakotaAfterword; Acknowledgments; Bibliographic Essay; Selected Bibliography; About the Author |
| Summary |
Sports fans love to don paint and feathers to cheer on the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Warriors and Chiefs of their hometown high schools. But outside the stadiums, American Indians aren't cheering--they're yelling racism. School boards and colleges are bombarded with emotional demands from both sides, while professional teams find themselves in court defending the right to trademark their Indian names and logos. In the face of opposition by a national anti-mascot movement, why are fans so determined to retain the fict |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sports team mascots -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century
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Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Indians of North America -- Social conditions
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Sports team mascots -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814771112 |
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0814771114 |
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