Part I. Background. Chiefs, braves, and tomahawks : the use of American Indians as university mascots / Robert Longwell-Grice and Hope Longwell-Grice --
Teach them respect not racism : common themes and questions about the use of "Indian" logos / Barbara E. Munson --
Native Americans and sports mascots / Sharon Pray Muir --
The problems with Native American mascots / Laurel R. Davis --
What the "Fighting Sioux" tells us about white people / Robert Jensen --
Gendered discourse: higher education, mascots, and race / Jennifer Guiliano. Part II. Educational issues. A letter from the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees regarding the use of Chief Illiniwek --
On the use of American Indian mascots : a presentation to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee / Roy H. Saigo --
American Indian imagery and the miseducation of America / Ellen J. Staurowsky --
Native images in schools and the racially hostile environment / Lawrence R. Baca --
Native mascots and ethnic fraud in higher education : using tribal critical race theory and the interest convergence principle as an analytic tool / Angelina E. Castagno and Stacey J. Lee --
Mascots and meaning : how one district worked through the emotional issue of changing team logos / Terry Grier --
Strategies for making team identity change / David Carl Wahlberg --
Native American mascots and alumni giving / Patrick J. McEwan and Clive R. Belfield. Part III. Reform and resistance. Defensive dialogues : Native American mascots, anti-Indianism, and educational institutions / C. Richard King --
Putting the moccasin on the other foot : a media history of the "Fighting Whities" / Bruce E. Johansen --
Note to Congress : stop shielding "Indian" mascots and start defending Indian people / Suzan Shown Harjo --
The resurrection of the chief / Dave Zirin --
Tribe approval of mascots not enough / Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, University of Wisconsin
Part IV. Documents : policies, resolutions, and legislation. Statement on the use of Native American images and nicknames as sports symbols (2001) / U.S. Commission on Civil Rights --
The Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council mascot resolution (July 14, 2001) / Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council --
Opposition to the University of North Dakota's use of the Fighting Sioux name and logo (2002) / Governing Body of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation --
Denouncement of the use of any American Indian name or artifice associated with team mascots by any professional/nonprofessional sport teams (1993) / National Congress of American Indians --
Resolution in opposition to Native American mascots (1999) / National Association for the Advancement of Colored People --
Statement on team names (1993) / American Jewish Committee --
Statement on the use of American Indian sports mascots (January 27, 1999) / Society of Indian Psychologists --
Resolution recommending the immediate retirement of American Indian mascots, symbols, images, and personalities by schools, colleges, universities, athletic teams, and organizations (2005) / American Psychological Association --
Native American imagery resolution (2005) / North American Society for the Sociology of Sport --
Policy on Native American logos and names (1993) / University of Wisconsin Athletic Department --
Competition and anti-discrimination policy (2002) / Advisory Committee on Athletics, University of Minnesota --
Guideline for use of Native American mascots (2005) / National Collegiate Athletic Association --
Resolution on the elimination of American Indian mascots (1997) / Los Angeles City Board of Education --
Resolution condemning use of derogatory sports team names, mascots, and symbols (1999) / Hutchinson Human Relations Commission --
Resolution on Native American mascots (1998) / Governors' Interstate Indian Council --
Resolution on Native American mascots (2002) / New Hampshire Board of Education --
Resolution of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs (1999) / Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs --
Report on use of nicknames, logos, and mascots depicting Native American people in Michigan educational institutions (1988) / Michigan Civil Rights Commission --
California Racial Mascots Act AB 858 (2004) / State of California --
Oklahoma Racial Mascots Act, senate bill 567 (2005) / Bill introduced in the Oklahoma state legislature --
Tennessee Mascot Act (2007) / State of Tennessee --
U.S. House Resolution 1933 (2005) / 109th Congress, U.S. House of Representatives --
Protection of University Governance Act of 2006 / Bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Part V. Additional resources --
Organizations advocating change --
American Indian mascot nickname changes : a chronology
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