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National Congress of American Indians. As the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native people—including sports mascots—in media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a campaign to address stereotypes of Native people in popular culture and media, as well as in sports. Since this effort began, there has been a great deal of progress made and support to end the era of harmful "Indian" mascots in sports.
Change the Mascot is a national campaign to end the use of the racial slur “r*dskins” as the mascot and name of the NFL team in Washington, D.C. Launched by the Oneida Indian Nation, the campaign calls upon the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell to dothe right thing and bring an end the use of the racial epithet.
NCAA article - Where Pride Meets Prejudice
How to argue against racist mascots - article by Tate' Walker at Everyday Feminism.
Change the Mascot is a national campaign to end the use of the racial slur “r*dskins” as the mascot and name of the NFL team in Washington, D.C. Launched by the Oneida Indian Nation, the campaign calls upon the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell to dothe right thing and bring an end the use of the racial epithet.
NCAA article - Where Pride Meets Prejudice
How to argue against racist mascots - article by Tate' Walker at Everyday Feminism.
