DavHamm wrote:
b4itwascold wrote:
DavHamm wrote:
b4itwascold wrote:
"Maine's Governor has signed a bill making the state the first to prohibit public school, colleges and universities from using Native American symbols as mascots" https://www.cnn.com/...ve-american-mascots/
a much longer shot but wouldn't mind Washington to follow.
The team originated as the Boston Braves, based in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932, under the ownership of George Preston Marshall.[8] At the time the team played in Braves Field, home of the Boston Braves baseball team in the National League. The following year, the club moved to Fenway Park, home of the American League's Boston Red Sox, whereupon owners changed the team's name to "Boston Redskins." To round out the change, Marshall hired William "Lone Star" Dietz, who was thought to be part Sioux, as the team's head coach.[9] However, Boston wasn't much of a football town at the time and the team had difficulty drawing fans.
The Redskins relocated south from New England after five years to the national capital of Washington, D.C...
Sad... My daughter goes to Central Michigan Univ. The Chippewas.. named after a local tribe. The tribe is very involved with the university, they hold events throughout the school year. The kids are educated about appropriate and inappropriate face painting, and hand gestures. Its a great relationship and gets more people to learn about the first residents of those lands.
Its a Maine business.
from the article:
"While Indian mascots were often originally chosen to recognize and honor a school's unique connection to Native American communities in Maine, we have heard clearly and unequivocally from Maine tribes that they are a source of pain and anguish,"
"Ambassador Maulian Dana of the Penobscot Nation said she has been fighting to change Native American mascots since she was a teenager."
Really its not a Maine thing, it's a generation / loudest voice thing. It just takes one vocal group, to get the whole thing thrown out, even if the silent majority or previous generations approved. Once there gone, there will be no going back. So over time, the vocal anti-Native American mascot crowd will get there where and even the schools that honored their traditions, will move on. I truly wonder who / what is really behind the movement, the long term play really is the removal of native american knowledge/ history in front of people.
I get eliminating the Chiefs / Redskins / Warriors they are generic terms, but Tribal names seem like a positive thing.. Really how much in free advertisements are the tribes getting.
I personally don't see a problem with names like Warries or Braves but Redskins could be a topic for discussion. Just saying.
let me tell you something. One of the major crossing of the Hudson River in NY is the Tappan Zee Bridge. The name is derived from Indian and Dutch origin. Tappan was an Indian tribe and Zee is a Dutch word for large body of water. There are also towns called Tappan and Old Tappan in the area. A new bridge was recently built to replace the old one. Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed for it against lots of criticism. It is a success story, imo. He decided and successfully passed it, that the bridge will be renamed Governor Mario Cuomo (GMC) bridge (after his late father that was a governor of NY). That caused a lot of uproar in the area as people wanted the name to still be the same or The New Tappan Zee Bridge. That is just to show you the some of such intiatives starts from the top, regardless of people wishes.
The funny part is that signs east of the river call it the GMC bridge and sings on the west side (going east) still have it as the Tappan Zee Bridge. But that is probably because a lot of cars from out of state are using the bridge east bound.
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b4itwascold: May 19, 19 18:03