NCAA Bans Indian names, logos

On Friday, ASug.5, the NCAA announced that, starting in February 2006, it would ban the use of any nick or logo THEY considered ethnically hostile or abusive. This HAS to be one of their more idiotic decisions. I believe a member of the Seminole Council described it best by saying this is yet another case of non-Indians deciding what's best for Indians. (Fl.State has long worked with the Seminoles in determining what logos, mascots, and regalia would be honoring to the Seminoles, including naming their mascot after Chief Osceola, the most famous Seminole.)

As for the name "Indian" and other European names for them...Columbus, believing he'd reached India, called the people he saw "Indians". He wasn't being insulting; he honestly believed these people were citizens of the nation of India. Sitting Bull, that most-thoroughly-Sioux of the Sioux, called himself an Indian. Once, when some other tribes were mentioned to him by a news reporter, snorted, "Indians, HMMFF! There are no Indians left but ME!" (The name "Sioux" itself is a FRENCH name, that people's own name for themselves is "LAKOTA".)

Most Indians accepted the name "Indian" because they believed it to be the Europeans' name for their people, just as Europeans accepted the equivalent of "pale face".(I do NOT use the term "Native American" because it's WRONG! "America" is the name given to these continents by EUROPEANS who recognized the cartography of AMERIGO Vespucci.(1451-1512...To this day, Amerigo is still a very common italian surname.) I stick with the old "Indian", or, to confuse any New-Age-Liberal who may be polluting our presence, "Continental Aboriginal".

Here's the list of nicks the NCAA finds offensive as of Friday:

Alcorn State University (Braves)
Central Michigan University (Chippewas)
Catawba College (Indians)
Florida State University (Seminoles)
Midwestern State University (Indians)
University of Utah (Utes)
Indiana University-Pennsylvania (Indians)
Carthage College (Redmen)
Bradley University (Braves)
Arkansas State University (Indians)
Chowan College (Braves)
University of Illinois (Illini)
University of Louisiana-Monroe (Indians)
McMurry University (Indians)
Mississippi College (Choctaws)
Newberry College (Indians)
University of North Dakota (Fighting Sioux)
Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Savages)

I hope Fl. State and the Seminole people successfully sue the NCAA & that the NCAA replaces those New-Age-Liberal members!

 

Why don't they try to make the STATES change their names.

I live near the OHIO(Indian name)River, in the state of OHIO(Indian name). I useta live near the POTOMAC(Indian name)River. I useta drive a PONTIAC(Indian name).

Lessee...How many states have Indian names?

Alaska - Great Land
Alabama - Thicket Clearers
Arizona - Silver Slabs
Arkansas - Down Stream People
Connecticut - Upon The Long River
Idaho - Sunrise, It Is Morning
Illinois - Men Or Great Men
Indiana - Land Of The Indians
Iowa - Drowsy People
Kansas - People Of The South Wind
Kentucky - Hunting Ground
Dakota - Related People
Oregon - Beautiful Water
Massachusetts - Great Hill
Michigan - Great Water
Mississippi - Father Of Water
Missouri - Long Canoe People
Minnesota - Sky Tinted Water
Nebraska - Flat Water
New Mexico - Aztec God Mexitili
Ohio - Beautiful Valley
Oklahoma - Land Of The Red Man
Texas - Tejas Or Allies
Tennessee - From Chief Tannassie
Utah - Those Who Dwell High Up
Wisconsin - Where Waters Gather
Wyoming - Great Plain

And here are a few places with Indian names:

Allegheny - Fairest River
Savannah - Grassy Plain
Passaic - Peace Valley
Natchez - Hurrying People
Pensacola - Hairy People
Okeechobee - Grassy Lake
Appalachian - Appalachee Indians
Appomattox - Tobacco Country
Alaska - Great Country
Rappahannock - Quick Rising River
Milwaukee - Rich Land
Tippecanoe - Buffalo Fish
Mississinewa - Water On A Slope
Ottawa - Trade Or Exchange
Chattanooga - Eagles Nest
Topeka - Potato Country
Roanoke - Shell Or Shells
Chillicthe - Town Or Village
Toronto - Meeting Place
Chickamauga - River Of Death
Tuscaloosa - Black Warrior
Peoria - Place Of Fat Beats
Kenosha - Long Fish, "Pike"
Chautauqua - Foggy Place
Saginaw - Pouring Out At Mouth
Omaha - Up Stream
Chesapeake - Salty Pond
Cashocton - Habitat Of Owls
Scioto - Hairs In River
Mackinac - Turtle Island
Potomac - Burning Pines
Tacoma - Big Snow Mountain
Canada - Collection Of Wigwams
Saskatchewan - Swift River
Kokomo - Black Walnut
Muncie - Strong Place
Chicago - Wild Onions
Wabash - White, Flat Rocks
Kalamazoo - Otter's Trail
Shawnee - Southerners
Tecumseh - Shooting Star
Oshkosh - Claws Or Scratches
Nantucket - Far Away
Penobscot - Rocky Place
Niagara - Thundering Water
Wasatch - Beautiful
Yosemite - Grizzly Bear
Tucson - Black Base
Schuglkill - Hidden Creek
Mankato - Green Earth
Lycoming - Sandy Stream
Rearearge - High Place
Kaibab - On The Mountain
Winamac - Mudfish, Catfish
Merrimac - Swift Stream
Suwannee - Echo River
Walla Walla - Many Waters
Shenanoah - Hillside Stream
Lackawanna - Streams That Fork
Suequehanna - Pure Water
Muskegon - Plenty Of Fish
Muskingun - Moose-Eye River
Saratoga - Sparkling Place
Tallahassee - Old Town
Keokuk - Watchful Fox
Rearearge - High Place
Kaibab - On The Mountain
Winamac - Mudfish, Catfish
Merrimac - Swift Stream
Suwannee - Echo River
Walla Walla - Many Waters
Shenanoah - Hillside Stream
Lackawanna - Streams That Fork
Suequehanna - Pure Water
Muskegon - Plenty Of Fish
Muskingun - Moose-Eye River
Saratoga - Sparkling Place
Tallahassee - Old Town
Keokuk - Watchful Fox

Why didn't anyone ask any INDIANS whether or not any of these names are viewed by them as an insult ?

 

Let's hear it for us pastel people!

 

The New-Age-Liberals have invaded the NCAA while ignoring REAL probs some nations of Indians have, such as alcoholism or having been forced to live on worthless land...or the worst, the attempts of well-meaning bureaucrats to make palefaces outta them.

These people just don't believe naming anything after an Indian nation or an Indian individual could possibly be HONORING those named.

The famous Shoshoni chief Washakie was honored by the fed. Govt. with a medal bearing his likeness. When presented with the medal, he stood silently for a few moments. When asked if he had anything to say, he remained silent a few moments more as a tear ran down his face. He then said, "When a white man is honored, he speaks with his mouth. When an Indian is honored, he speaks with his HEART."

The applause lasted over 10 minutes.

 

A college whose name has never been badmouthed...SHAWNEE STATE, in Portsmouth, OH. It's a nice school, built on land where once the Shawnee nation lived. There are a reasonable number of Indians representing several nations in this area, and i've never heard any of'em express disapproval.