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04/13/01
``Schools have a
responsibility to educate their students. They should not use their
influence to perpetuate misrepresentations of any culture or people.''
-- Statement from civil rights panel calling for an end to Indian team
names and mascots at non-Indian schools.
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Racism
in Marin County, CA 2001 
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"These
types of name changes are happening in a wave across the country.
The school board is on the right track. This is offensive."
Floyd
Red Crow Westerman
March 6th
Board Meeting: Press
Democrat - 3/7/01
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Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria "We Are STILL Here"
January
9, 2001
Senator
Boxer holds a copy of legislation restoring the tribal status of the
Miwok Native American Tribe. Boxer is joined (from left to right) by
Greg Sarris, Miwok Tribal Chair, and Greg Jimenez and JoAnne Campbell,
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Issues in Recent State and National Press
California State
U. Senate to vote on mascot issue --
SAN DIEGO -- The mascot debate is back and this time it has reached the
California State University Academic Senate. Next month the Senate will vote on
a resolution that may push the 23 CSU campuses away from using mascots of human
groups. Jessica Zisko in the Excite
News -- 2/28/01
College
considering dropping Mohawks nickname
-- NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Four years ago trustees dropped the name North
Adams State College. And now officials at the Massachusetts College of Liberal
Arts are considering jettisoning ''Mohawks'' as the nickname of the sports
teams. Associated Press in the Boston
Globe -- 2/26/01
Protesters hear
Means urge end to federal funds --
Protesters at a rally against UND's Fighting Sioux nickname and UND's connection
to Ralph Engelstad called Friday for an end to federal funds coming to the
university. Michael Benedict in the Grand
Forks Herald -- 2/24/01
Cherokee mascot
goes, Sequoia keeps nickname - school district bans all visual symbols of tribe
-- REDWOOD CITY -- Sequoia High School's controversial 76-year-old Cherokee
mascot is now one for the history books. Julie N. Lynem
in the San
Francisco Chronicle -- 2/23/01
Mariposa event
billed as apology to Indians --
MARIPOSA -- A tribal chief from Canada will bring her 120 Drums of Thunder
to the Mariposa County Fairgrounds Saturday night for what is billed as a Native
American Reconciliation and a Christian apology for mistreatment of American
Indians. Ron DeLacy in the Modesto
Bee -- 2/23/01
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Native
American newspapers fight
stereotypes, tell their own stories
-- Much about Native American history and culture is
forgotten. More
than 500 federally recognized tribes exist within the U.S., and
each has its own distinct language, unique culture
and history. Alicia Benjamin-Samuels in
the Freedom
Forum
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