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“Indian” Mascots and Logos. Institutional Racism in Public Schools. Wisconsin Indian Education Association “Indian” Mascot and Logo Task Force www.indianmascots.com. Barbara E. Munson Christine Munson [email protected] [email protected]. Berlin Indians Cornell Chiefs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
““Indian” Mascots Indian” Mascots and Logosand Logos
Institutional Racism in Public Institutional Racism in Public SchoolsSchools
Wisconsin Indian Education Association“Indian” Mascot and Logo Task Force
www.indianmascots.com
Barbara E. Munson Christine Munson [email protected] [email protected]
What do all of these schools What do all of these schools have in common?have in common?
Berlin IndiansBerlin Indians Cornell ChiefsCornell Chiefs Lake Holcombe Lake Holcombe
ChieftainsChieftains Menomonie* Menomonie*
IndiansIndians Mishicot IndiansMishicot Indians Mosinee IndiansMosinee Indians
Mukwonago Mukwonago IndiansIndians
Riverdale Riverdale ChieftainsChieftains
Shiocton ChiefsShiocton Chiefs Wonewoc-Center Wonewoc-Center
IndiansIndians Viroqua Viroqua
BlackhawksBlackhawks*Menomonie in Dunn County, WI, not to be confused with the Menominee Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin.
They all use the same clip-They all use the same clip-art for their logo!art for their logo!
Is that a stereotype, or what!?Is that a stereotype, or what!?
More stereotypes of Indian More stereotypes of Indian people in our schools…people in our schools…
Auburndale ‘Apaches’
Belmont ‘Braves’ Black Hawk
‘Warriors’ Big Foot Union
‘Chiefs’ Bruce ‘Red Raiders’ Gale-Ettrick-
Trempeleau ‘Redmen’
More stereotypes of Indian More stereotypes of Indian people in our schools…people in our schools…
Fort Atkinson ‘Blackhawks’
Greenwood ‘Indians’ Kewauskum ‘Indians’ Kewaunee ‘Indians’ Lancaster ‘Flying
Arrows’ Menomonee Falls
‘Indians’ Osseo-Fairchild
‘Chieftains’
More stereotypes of Indian More stereotypes of Indian people in our schools…people in our schools…
Ozaukee ‘Warriors’ Osceola
‘Chieftains’ Potosi ‘Chieftains’ Poynette ‘Indians’ Prarie du Chien
‘Blackhawks’ Rib Lake ‘Redmen’ Stockbridge
‘Indians’ Seneca ‘Indians’
More stereotypes of Indian More stereotypes of Indian people in our schools…people in our schools…
Tomahawk ‘Hatchets’ Tomah ‘Indians’ Waunakee ‘Warriors’ Wauwatosa East ‘Red
Raiders’ Weyauwega-Fremont
‘Indians’ Winter ‘Warriors’ Wisconsin Dells
‘Chiefs’ Wisconsin Rapids
‘Red Raiders’
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RACISM
The Task ForceThe Task Force Created in 1997 at Wisconsin Indian Created in 1997 at Wisconsin Indian
Education Association ConventionEducation Association Convention Indian educators forced out of home Indian educators forced out of home
communitiescommunities Committed until all schools eliminate Committed until all schools eliminate
their “Indian” mascot, logo, and/or their “Indian” mascot, logo, and/or nicknamenickname
Consists of Indian educators and alliesConsists of Indian educators and allies
How We Do ItHow We Do ItFirst stirrings of advocacyFirst stirrings of advocacy
How We Do ItHow We Do It AdvocacyAdvocacy EducationEducation LegislationLegislation SupportSupport LitigationLitigation Coalition Coalition
BuildingBuilding
AdvocacyAdvocacy Newspaper AdvertisementsNewspaper Advertisements HONOR Handbook for AdvocacyHONOR Handbook for Advocacy T-Shirts, Buttons, Bumper Stickers, T-Shirts, Buttons, Bumper Stickers,
and Postersand Posters Youth Task Force Public Service Youth Task Force Public Service
AnnouncementAnnouncement Letters to the EditorLetters to the Editor
Mon, Mar 21, 2005
State should address Indian issue
I 'm writing to comment on the Daily Herald's March 16 editorial, in which the newspaper said the state Legislature shouldn't follow the Great Lakes Tribal Council's advice and ban the use of Indian names and logos by schools. I personally have experienced this issue. I grew up and attended school in Mosinee, where I experienced racism, discrimination, inequity, and hostility. I was called a "stupid Indian." In the halls I heard "Kill the Indians." In art class, a student wanted to print a shirt with the phrase "Kill a Pregnant Squaw, Save Two Walleye." Mosinee had an Indian logo and nickname. As an American Indian student, I did not feel honored and I was not proud of Mosinee's logo or nickname. I saw hypocrisy at my school. At one moment, students were talking about protesting the spear fishing at the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir boat landing -Êthe same boat landing where the National Guard was called in to address the extreme violence, which included the use of guns, that protesters took against families supporting the spearers. At another moment, my peers were chanting in a pep rally, "We are the Indians, the mighty, mighty Indians!" I did not participate. Rather, I thought about the hatred I experienced and the hypocrisy I saw, and I took a stand against it. As a senior, I wrote a letter to my principal and told him the comments I heard and that I personally found the "Indian" name used by Mosinee to be offensive. I told him that social justice, respect, and equality (all words painted on the gymnasium wall) were not being upheld in Mosinee High School. I spoke at school board meetings. I helped with in-service trainings for school board members. I worked with students who saw the same things I did and we wrote letters to the editor. I went to classrooms around the state and talked about the Indian mascot and logo issue. I and many others, Native and non-Native, actively have worked on what the Daily Herald suggested in its editorial - speaking to individual schools, students and communities; explaining why names like Mosinee Indians, Auburndale Apaches, and Wisconsin Rapids Red Raiders are offensive; and questioning why schools are not named Central High Caucasians, Mosinee Polacks, Auburndale Dagos, or the Wisconsin Rapids Kikes. Were we effective? Yes and no. Some schools have retired their Indian mascot, nickname and logo. However, 38 schools with Indian references remain. That means there are 38 communities in Wisconsin actively teaching racial stereotyping and that have failed to listen to American Indian groups, religious leaders, and civil rights organizations that oppose these practices. There are 38 communities not adequately teaching young people how to respectfully interact with people from other cultures. The issue of schools using Indian mascots, logos, and nicknames has been in the news since the 1960s. Forty-five years have passed. I f communities have not yet voluntarily retired their stereotypic images of American Indian people, perhaps it is time for the state Legislature to get involved. Christine Munson of Stevens Point is a member of the Oneida Nation.
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the Use of “Indian” Logosthe Use of “Indian” Logos, Barbara E. , Barbara E. MunsonMunson
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Districts Undergoing ChangeDistricts Undergoing Change
LitigationLitigation Hand vs. Milton School DistrictHand vs. Milton School District Munson vs. Mosinee School DistrictMunson vs. Mosinee School District Pfaller vs. Mukwonago School DistrictPfaller vs. Mukwonago School District Wycliffe vs. Medford School DistrictWycliffe vs. Medford School District Affirmative Action Complaints in Affirmative Action Complaints in
Viroqua Area School DistrictViroqua Area School District Pending Litigation in Osseo-Fairchild Pending Litigation in Osseo-Fairchild
School DistrictSchool District
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tsts, Robert Eurich, Robert Eurich
Need for AlliesNeed for Allies Continued need for awareness and Continued need for awareness and
educationeducation American Indian comprise less than American Indian comprise less than
1% of US population1% of US population Stereotyping impacts everybodyStereotyping impacts everybody
From Pen to SwordFrom Pen to SwordUnited States Commission for Civil United States Commission for Civil
RightsRights
““The stereotyping of any racial, ethnic, The stereotyping of any racial, ethnic, religious or other groups when promoted religious or other groups when promoted by our public educational institutions, by our public educational institutions, teach all students that stereotyping of teach all students that stereotyping of minority groups is acceptable, a minority groups is acceptable, a dangerous lesson in a diverse society.”dangerous lesson in a diverse society.”
From Pen to SwordFrom Pen to SwordUnited States Commission for Civil United States Commission for Civil
RightsRights
““The elimination of stereotypes will The elimination of stereotypes will make room for education about make room for education about
real Indian people, current Native real Indian people, current Native American issues, and the rich American issues, and the rich
variety of American Indians in our variety of American Indians in our country.”country.”
From Pen to SwordFrom Pen to SwordRESEARCH ABSTRACTRESEARCH ABSTRACT
Stephanie Fryberg, Ph.D (Tuyalip)Stephanie Fryberg, Ph.D (Tuyalip)Social Psychology | Stanford UniversitySocial Psychology | Stanford University
December, 2002December, 2002
Study 5 - European American students were Study 5 - European American students were explicitly primed with social representations of explicitly primed with social representations of American Indians (i.e., Pocahontas, Chief Wahoo American Indians (i.e., Pocahontas, Chief Wahoo or Negative Stereotypes). They reported or Negative Stereotypes). They reported heightened self-esteem when compared to heightened self-esteem when compared to European Americans in the no-prime control European Americans in the no-prime control condition. This boost in self-esteem for European condition. This boost in self-esteem for European Americans suggests that the dominant social Americans suggests that the dominant social representations of minority groups have significant representations of minority groups have significant implications for the psychological functioning of implications for the psychological functioning of both minority and majority group members. both minority and majority group members.
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