Another institution of higher learning has retired its "Indian" mascot -- and this time it was an entire family of Indians!
According to
The Times Dispatch of Lawrence County:
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro officially retired the Indian Family as its mascot during halftime of the men's basketball game Thursday night at the Convocation Center.
ASU held "A Ceremony of Celebration, Recognition and Farewell," honoring both current and former members of the Indian Family. Carrying single feathers, former members of the Indian Family lined center court to welcome the current Indian Family into the arena.
And just what kind of feathers were those? They definitely weren't eagle feathers -- since that would be highly illegal.
Our guess is turkey. Better yet, they were probably plastic.
Pictured on the right is the Indian Brave, one of the Indian family members. Apparently, this was done to honor the
Osage people, right before they were kicked out of Arkansas and into Oklahoma.
But anyway, not everyone at ASU seems to have gotten the memo. The
ASU Indians site is still up and running and the school's teams are still being called "Indians." Their new name is supposed to "Wolves."
