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Blog: Former Redskins player wants Indians to change name (05/21)
A former Washington Redskins defends the team's controversial name: While the current round of Redskins name-change stories may have run its course, I promised several readers that I would be...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Opinion
Opinion: Indian mascots are relics of a 'less enlightened era' (05/20)
Mike Thompson, cartoonist for The Detroit Free Press, on the use of Indian mascots in Michigan: It's counterproductive to teach children about the virtues of acceptance in our increasingly diverse...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
Column: Virginia tribal leaders aren't offended by 'Redskins' (05/15)
Columnist says leaders of Virginia tribes who are fighting for federal recognition aren't offended by the Washington Redskins: What matters is how American Indians feel about an NFL team using...
Filed Under: Opinion
Suzan Harjo: Racism wins every time when put to the public (05/15)
Suzan Shown Harjo, who was the lead plaintiff in the first trademark challenge to the Washington Redskins, tackles a poll that showed support for the controversial mascot: The AP-GfK poll...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
Opinion: 'Redskins' name reminds us of America's ugly past (05/15)
Barbara Reynolds on the Washington Redskins controversy: When I heard Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder recently I couldn't stop thinking of Alabama’s segregationist Governor George Wallace. Synder’s recent use of the...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
New Yorker: Washington 'Redskins' appear to live on forever (05/13)
Ian Crouch on the controversy over the Washington Redskins: Over the past half century, hundreds of high-school and college athletic programs, facing opposition from students or simply coming to their...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Poll shows overwhelming support for keeping 'Redskins' name (05/03)
An Associated Press-GfK poll shows widespread support for the controversial Washington Redskins professional football mascot. About 79 percent support keeping the name, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. That's...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Opinion
Reyn Leno: Grand Ronde Tribes back use of Indian mascots (05/01)
Reyn Leno, the chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, says certain public schools in Oregon should be able to keep their Indian mascots: The issue of Oregon public...
Filed Under: Politics | Sports
D.C. Council to take up resolution against 'Redskins' mascot (05/01)
David Gross, a member of the D.C. Council, plans to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins professional football team to eliminate its mascot. Grosso, an independent who...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon Senate passes bill to create Indian mascot exception (04/18)
The Oregon Senate passed a bill that allows public schools to keep their Indian mascots as long as a tribe supports it. Last year, the Oregon Board of Education voted...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Sherman Alexie appears on Moyers & Company this weekend (04/10)
Author Sherman Alexie appears on Moyers & Company this weekend. Check local listings for air time: In an extended clip from this weekend’s Moyers & Company, writer Sherman Alexie,...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon Senate to vote on bill that allows some Indian mascots (04/09)
The Oregon Senate will vote tomorrow on a bill that allows public schools to keep their Indian mascots as long as a tribe supports it. Last year, the Oregon Board...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Suzan Shown Harjo still fighting to eliminate 'Redskins' mascot (04/05)
Activist Suzan Shown Harjo continues to fight for the elimination of the Washington Redskins professional football mascot.
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon lawmakers tackle ban on Indian mascots at schools (04/04)
Lawmakers in Oregon are pushing bills that would address a ban on Indian mascots at public schools. Last year, the Oregon Board of Education voted 5-1 to prohibit schools from...
Filed Under: Opinion
Doug George-Kanentiio: Students show courage on mascot (03/25)
The students of the Cooperstown Central Junior/Senior High School had the courage to do what Daniel Snyder, the billionaire owner of the Washington Redskins, lacks; the willingness to tolerate abuse...
Blog: Former Redskins player wants Indians to change name (05/21)
A former Washington Redskins defends the team's controversial name: While the current round of Redskins name-change stories may have run its course, I promised several readers that I would be...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Opinion
Opinion: Indian mascots are relics of a 'less enlightened era' (05/20)
Mike Thompson, cartoonist for The Detroit Free Press, on the use of Indian mascots in Michigan: It's counterproductive to teach children about the virtues of acceptance in our increasingly diverse...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
Column: Virginia tribal leaders aren't offended by 'Redskins' (05/15)
Columnist says leaders of Virginia tribes who are fighting for federal recognition aren't offended by the Washington Redskins: What matters is how American Indians feel about an NFL team using...
Filed Under: Opinion
Suzan Harjo: Racism wins every time when put to the public (05/15)
Suzan Shown Harjo, who was the lead plaintiff in the first trademark challenge to the Washington Redskins, tackles a poll that showed support for the controversial mascot: The AP-GfK poll...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
Opinion: 'Redskins' name reminds us of America's ugly past (05/15)
Barbara Reynolds on the Washington Redskins controversy: When I heard Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder recently I couldn't stop thinking of Alabama’s segregationist Governor George Wallace. Synder’s recent use of the...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
New Yorker: Washington 'Redskins' appear to live on forever (05/13)
Ian Crouch on the controversy over the Washington Redskins: Over the past half century, hundreds of high-school and college athletic programs, facing opposition from students or simply coming to their...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Poll shows overwhelming support for keeping 'Redskins' name (05/03)
An Associated Press-GfK poll shows widespread support for the controversial Washington Redskins professional football mascot. About 79 percent support keeping the name, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. That's...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Opinion
Reyn Leno: Grand Ronde Tribes back use of Indian mascots (05/01)
Reyn Leno, the chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, says certain public schools in Oregon should be able to keep their Indian mascots: The issue of Oregon public...
Filed Under: Politics | Sports
D.C. Council to take up resolution against 'Redskins' mascot (05/01)
David Gross, a member of the D.C. Council, plans to introduce a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins professional football team to eliminate its mascot. Grosso, an independent who...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon Senate passes bill to create Indian mascot exception (04/18)
The Oregon Senate passed a bill that allows public schools to keep their Indian mascots as long as a tribe supports it. Last year, the Oregon Board of Education voted...
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment
Sherman Alexie appears on Moyers & Company this weekend (04/10)
Author Sherman Alexie appears on Moyers & Company this weekend. Check local listings for air time: In an extended clip from this weekend’s Moyers & Company, writer Sherman Alexie,...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon Senate to vote on bill that allows some Indian mascots (04/09)
The Oregon Senate will vote tomorrow on a bill that allows public schools to keep their Indian mascots as long as a tribe supports it. Last year, the Oregon Board...
Filed Under: National | Sports
Suzan Shown Harjo still fighting to eliminate 'Redskins' mascot (04/05)
Activist Suzan Shown Harjo continues to fight for the elimination of the Washington Redskins professional football mascot.
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Politics
Oregon lawmakers tackle ban on Indian mascots at schools (04/04)
Lawmakers in Oregon are pushing bills that would address a ban on Indian mascots at public schools. Last year, the Oregon Board of Education voted 5-1 to prohibit schools from...
Filed Under: Opinion
Doug George-Kanentiio: Students show courage on mascot (03/25)
The students of the Cooperstown Central Junior/Senior High School had the courage to do what Daniel Snyder, the billionaire owner of the Washington Redskins, lacks; the willingness to tolerate abuse...
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