"While the communities of these high schools believe they are honoring Native Americans, there is a growing body of social science literature and empirical research that indicates there are harmful effects of such racial stereotyping and inaccurate racial portrayals."
"These stereotypes are particularly harmful to the social identity development and self-esteem of American Indian young people. Research indicates that using Native Americans as mascots promotes discrimination, pupil harassment, and stereotyping."
"[State education boards have the duty to ensure students] are not subjected to unlawful discrimination in our public schools on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age or disability."
"Native American students are also entitled to an educational environment that isn't hostile and is conducive to the attainment of educational goals. [A] board has a responsibility to consider the research and weigh this against the community’s desire to maintain its traditions."
List of Organizations Endorsing Retirement of "Indian" Sports Team Tokens:
1. Advocates for American Indian Children (CA)
2. The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
3. American Counseling Association
4. American Indian Mental Health Association (MN)
5. American Indian Movement
6. American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center of San Bernardino County
7. American Indian Student Services at the Ohio State University
8. American Jewish Committee
9. American Psychological Association
10. American Sociological Society
11. Asian American Journalists Association
12. Associated Students Council of San Diego State University
13. Association on American Indian Affairs
14. BRIDGES - Building Roads Into Diverse Groups Empowering Students
15. Buncombe County Native American Intertribal Association (NC)
16. Calvert Investment Group
17. Center for Artistic Revolution (AR)
18. Center for the Study of Sports in Society
19. Cincinnati Zapitista Coalition
20. COLOR - Community One Love One Race
21. Committee to End Cultural Genocide (St. Cloud State University)
22. Concerned American Indian Parents (MN)
23. Council for Indigenous North Americans (University of Southern Maine)
24. Eagle and Condor Indigenous Peoples' Alliance
25. Fontana Native American Indian Center, Inc.
26. Governor's Interstate Indian Council
27. Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Michigan)
28. Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission
29. Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
30. Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi Indians (MI)
31. HONOR - Honor Our Neighbors Origins and Rights
32. Hutchinson Human Relations Commission
33. Illinois State University Student Government Assoc.
34. Inter-Ethnic Children's Council (Los Angeles)
35. Inter-Faith Council on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
36. Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes
(Composed of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muskogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Seminole Nations)
37. Juaneño Band of Mission Indians
38. Kansas Association for Native American Education 39. Latino Children's Action Council (Los Angeles)
40. League of United Latin American Citizens
41. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
42. Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
43. Mascot Abuse San Francisco Bay Area
44. Medicine Wheel Intertribal Association
45. Menominee Tribe of Indians (WI)
46. Michigan Civil Rights Commission
47. Michigan Education Association
48. State of Michigan, State Board of Education
49. Minnesota Indian Education Association
50. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board
51. Minnesota State Board of Education
52. Modern Language Association
53. Morning Star Institute
54. NAACP
55. National Association of Black Journalists
56. National Association of Hispanic Journalists
57. National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media
58. National Conference of Christians and Jews
59. National Conference for Community and Justice
60. National Congress of American Indians
61. National Education Association
62.National Indian Education Association
63. Native American Caucus of the California Democratic Party
64. Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio
65. Native American Journalists Association
66. Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
67. New Hampshire State Board of Education
68. New York State Education Department
69. Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (MI)
70. North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
71. North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
72. North Dakota Indian Education Association
73. North Dakota State University Student Senate
74. Office of Native American Ministry, Diocese of Grand Rapids (MI)
75. Ohio Center for Native American Affairs
76. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
77. Oregon Indian Education Association
78. Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
79. Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
80. Rainbow Coalition
81. San Bernardino/Riverside Counties Native American Community Council
82. Students Making All Races Tolerant (SMART)
83. Society of Indian Psychologists of the Americas
84. Southern California Indian Center
85. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
86. St. Cloud State University - American Indian Center
87. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
88. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
89. Tennessee Chapter of the National Coalition for the Preservation of Indigenous Cultures
90. Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs
91. Tennessee Native Veterans Society
92. Unified Coalition for American Indian Concerns, VA
93. Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
94. United Church of Christ
95. The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma
96. United Methodist Church
97. United States Commission on Civil Rights
98. Utah League of Native American Voters
99. Virginia American Indian Cultural Resource Center
100. Western North Carolina Citizens for an End to Institutionalized Bigotry
101. Wisconsin Indian Education Association
102. WIEA "Indian" Mascot and Logo Taskforce (WI)
103. Wisconsin State Human Relations Association
104. Woodland Indian Community Center-Lansing (MI)
105. Youth "Indian" Mascot and Logo Taskforce (WI)
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