1972: The Washington Redskins change their fight song and Dartmouth eliminates the Indian mascot

1972 June 23 The Burlington Free Press 


1972, Nov 22 - Winona Daily News - article is published with the September 24, 1863 quote from The Daily Republican. A ad was published that said: "The State reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory. This sum is more than the dead bodies of all the Indians east of the Red River are worth."  
1972 Nov. 22, The Winona Daily News 

1972 July 23. Tampa Bay Times 
1972 July 20. The Baltimore Sun - There were 27 American Indians attending the recent Democratic National Convention as delegates. That is a record... [they have a platform and are redoubling their] efforts to stop sports teams from using what the Indians regard as demeaning songs and titles [And names such as the Redskins, Indians, Braves - trying to get them to change their names the way Stanford did, who are now the Thunder-chickens.]
      however the pro teams argue they have too much investment in their old names to throw them away. Nor will they stop using mascots dressed as the American Indians of old dressed. The nearest things to a victory the Indians have won in the pro sports world came this week [Washington Redskins changed their son lyrics - eliminating scalping references.]
1972 July 20. The Baltimore Sun. 

1972 Feb 2. The Los Angeles Times  -  ... Indian group at Stanford... said they consider the use of a live Indian as mascot and "Indians" as a team name to be demeaning and a "gross misconception of the Indians."
      ... Also.. More than a year ago, similar demands [removing racist Indian caricatures] resulted int he campus bookstore being ordered to stop sale of souvenir items bearing a caricature of an Indian.
1972 Feb 2. The Los Angeles Times 

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