Indian nicknames in the news

[obborg]

to remember them forever...

As if they no longer exist.

Beware the ennobler.

[SIOUXFAN97]

As if they no longer exist.

Beware the ennobler.

last I checked marcellus red tomahawk has been dead for quite a while but he will live on forever on our state highway signs....and what's funny is his family is HONORED!

[The Sicatoka]

last I checked marcellus red tomahawk has been dead for quite a while but he will live on forever on our state highway signs....and what's funny is his family is HONORED!

He's on the door of ND Highway Patrol cars also. 

Edited November 6, 2015 by The Sicatoka

[SiouxVolley]

Western Washington's students want to drop their Vikings mascot and go to something less masculine and offensive, like a bird.

[petey23]

I continue to be vehemently opposed to the pussification of America.

[Goon]

And people think I wear tin-foil hats!

You do. An they're big tin foil hats.  .

Edited December 1, 2015 by Goon

[fightingsioux4life]

You do. An they're big tin foil hats.  .

[Hansel]

Not really an Indian name, but related

Pennsylvania university considers dropping its 'Crusader' nickname

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/19/pennsylvania-university-considers-dropping-its-crusader-nickname.html

[Siouxphan27]

2 hours ago, Hansel said:

Not really an Indian name, but related

Pennsylvania university considers dropping its 'Crusader' nickname

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/19/pennsylvania-university-considers-dropping-its-crusader-nickname.html

I hear Sundogs is available. 

[dakotadan]

They should switch to something really unique like Crusading Hawks.

[UNDBIZ]

6 minutes ago, dakotadan said:

They should switch to something really unique like Crusading Hawks.

[Milford torgerson]

On ‎11‎/‎6‎/‎2015 at 10:31 AM, The Sicatoka said:

He's on the door of ND Highway Patrol cars also. 

I think they should keep the logo on the HP car doors but to ensure that there isn't any confusion about it being racist, all patrolmen should be hired from the Fort Totten area and Fort Yates areas.  If there aren't enough qualified applicants there they should look for more at Wounded Knee.

[siouxfaninseattle]

Kind of a funny nickname anyway:

 

http://www.uscho.com/2016/01/26/amherst-doing-away-with-lord-jeff-nickname-due-to-driving-people-apart/

 

 

[The Sicatoka]

The old nickname had 0.0% chance of survival in a world that has come to this:

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29627999/stanford-uc-berkeley-students-stage-battles-change-controversial

[Old Time Hockey]

24 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

The old nickname had 0.0% chance of survival in a world that has come to this:

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29627999/stanford-uc-berkeley-students-stage-battles-change-controversial

We are all now dumber for having listening to you (not you Sic, the idiots quoted in this piece). I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.

This is one of many reasons why Trump is surprising people with his popularity.  He tells left wing loons like this to go blank themselves.  It  is refreshing for a lot of people to hear someone, with a spine and big balls (not sure about the size of the brain yet) say we don't need to go along with this insanity anymore.

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

Watching some basketball and wondering...

- How does "March Madness" not inflame the passions of advocates for the mentally ill?

- Doesn't "Rounds" ridicule the obese?

- Could the gratuitous use of the phrase "low seeds" be insensitive to the impotent?

- Does "Sweet Sixteen" sound an awful lot like a pro-pedophilia movement?

Maybe the NCAA should form a committee or something to look into this.

[Siouxperfan7]

11 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

The old nickname had 0.0% chance of survival in a world that has come to this:

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29627999/stanford-uc-berkeley-students-stage-battles-change-controversial

I am offended that you are offended that these people are offended by something that is not really offensive!

[The Sicatoka]

Apparently someone at Oklahoma University finally figured out that a Sooner is a reference to a person who stole Indian lands SOONER than it was legal too during the Oklahoma land rush. (And let's not get into what the word Oklahoma translates to. Hint: it involves RED people. Yes, red.) 

Ya think some Native Americans may be offended by cheering for people who stole their lands before it was legal to steal their lands?  

http://www.oudaily.com/news/boomer-sooner-causes-controversy-at-ou-undergraduate-student-congress-meeting/article_99712160-06a8-11e6-9913-0f5fefdd9999.html?mode=jqm

Now someone get the NCAA "offense police" on the line, stat. 

[darell1976]

32 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Apparently someone at Oklahoma University finally figured out that a Sooner is a reference to a person who stole Indian lands SOONER than it was legal too during the Oklahoma land rush. (And let's not get into what the word Oklahoma translates to. Hint: it involves RED people. Yes, red.) 

Ya think some Native Americans may be offended by cheering for people who stole their lands before it was legal to steal their lands?  

http://www.oudaily.com/news/boomer-sooner-causes-controversy-at-ou-undergraduate-student-congress-meeting/article_99712160-06a8-11e6-9913-0f5fefdd9999.html?mode=jqm

Now someone get the NCAA "offense police" on the line, stat. 

Big money maker, nothing to see here--NCAA

[northernraider]

On 1/18/2016 at 3:38 PM, Hansel said:

Not really an Indian name, but related

Pennsylvania university considers dropping its 'Crusader' nickname

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/19/pennsylvania-university-considers-dropping-its-crusader-nickname.html

 

Ironically, they chose River Hawks. Seems like the default nickname choice for schools

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

1 minute ago, northernraider said:

Ironically, they chose River Hawks. Seems like the default nickname choice for schools

If you plotted the distribution of nicknames, say, forty years ago versus today, the gravitation toward birds and specifically "Hawks" simply must defy all logic, science, intuition, and explanation.

It's the baddest of bad cliches.  So predictable that it is perhaps unprecedented in the history of humankind.  Paging Dr. Pavlov...

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

Developments in Illinois.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-university-of-illinois-mascot-chief-illiniwek-20160502-story.html

 

[Vegas_Sioux]

http://www.startribune.com/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-american-indians-aren-t-offended-by-redskins-name/380114001/

[darell1976]

10 minutes ago, Vegas_Sioux said:

http://www.startribune.com/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-american-indians-aren-t-offended-by-redskins-name/380114001/

Don't forget you have white people telling NA what they should be offended by. (Taken from ESPN's outside the lines). 

[jimdahl]

An opinion piece on the Skins name from a long-time outspoken critic  (from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-dropping-my-protest-of-washingtons-football-team-name/2016/05/19/b09e8e7e-1cfe-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_o-mccartney-815am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory):

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Still, non-Indian critics like me can’t ignore the poll results or pretend they make no difference.

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Many of us thought we were defending a group that needed support. But it feels presumptuous for us to say we know Indians’ interests better than they do. We can’t argue that 9 out of 10 Indians somehow just don’t realize they’re being insulted. Some Indians told The Post that they actively support the name, because its use means Native Americans haven’t been forgotten.

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In light of the new facts, we non-Indian critics should stop pressing the team to change its name.
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 If we really want to help Indians, we should instead advocate for better schools, job opportunities and social services for them.

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I realize this lets down the minority of Native Americans who view the name as a vital problem. These advocates include many tribal leaders, educators, lawyers and journalists. They contend that the Washington team’s name perpetuates damaging stereotypes, as do other uses of Native American names and imagery as sports mascots.

But they have been pushing this argument for decades with little impact among the people they say they represent. Nearly three-quarters of Indians in the Post poll said they were “not at all” bothered by the use of Native American imagery in sports. The split between leaders and followers is so great that I don’t see how a non-Indian can champion the position backed by a sliver of the community.