In 1937, Phoenix was a small city isolated in the middle of the Arizona desert with a population of less than 50,000 people who, like the rest of the nation, were struggling to recover from the Great ...
When the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees announced its decision to remove its 81-year mascot, Chief Illiniwek, on Feb. 16, 2007, it represented what many consider to be an important step in ...
“We love it. Who wouldn’t?” said Eunice Goodstar Woman Davidson, founder of the Native American Guardian Association. Activists have fought hard to remove the names and logos of Native Americans from ...
From fashion design to athletics, the appropriation of Native American cultural symbols is pervasive throughout the US. According to #PeopleNotMascots, a digital resource bringing attention to the ...
The Diné symbol was suppressed for decades by a settler-dominated art market that conflated it with the Nazi insignia. Melissa Cody (Diné), "Good Luck" (2014), wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and ...
The contentious political issue over the use of race-based school logos and mascots has emerged central to a lawsuit settlement in Pennsylvania and the focus of one lawmaker’s legislative plans. The ...
Simple symbols -- Symbols common to different tribes -- Southwest: Apache -- Hopi -- Navajo -- Pueblo -- Yaqui -- Zuni -- Plain: Arapaho -- Cheyene -- Comanche ...