1971 Dartmouth students wanted the mascot changed - The students said that the practice was demeaning to the American Indian and that they were insulted because the tribal customs of their ancestors were being used to feed the fantasies of the insensitive.

 Vote to Consult Indians on Simpson's 'Redmen' Name    
Indianola, Ia - The Simpson College student senate... voted.. to ask American Indian tribes whether they consider Simpson's school nickname, "Redmen," a racial slur.

[Students were angry and protesting because they had voted to continue using the name - though some students felt the name was racist and should be changed.]   

1971 Nov 4, The Des Moines Register 

1971 Dec 15, The La Crosse Tribune 

1971 Nov 15 - Three years ago a group of students at Dartmouth College… demanded that the athletic department stop entertainments at home football games by employing undergraduates dressed as Indians to do imitations of war dances along the sidelines and at midfield during half-time.
      The students said that the practice was demeaning to the American Indian and that they were insulted because the tribal customs of their ancestors were being used to feed the fantasies of the insensitive. Before leaving, they also suggested that Dartmouth consider changing its nickname to something other than the Indians. School officials after several meetings on the subject, decided to retain the nickname, but to abolish the Indian mascots.
      “The mascots had been jeered and laughed at for years and we just decided to put an end to that kind of nonsense,” said Bill Yelowtail, a student in the American Indian studies program at Dartmouth and a member of the group. The old grads especially used to get a big kick out to them every time they’d come back to see a game; they’d point them out to their kids or to their grandchildren, just like they’d point out a monkey at the zoo. Look, look there it is, the Indian…”

1971 Nov 15, The Palm Beach Post