[Vigilanteman]

My general experience with real Native Americans (of whom I are one) is that we generally fall between the range of indifferent to prideful of Indian mascot names for sports teams.

However, if the price is right, some will agree to be offended, or at least act offended.

[ohioman]

I have a little Cherokee in me and I don't know how anyone could not consider it a point of honor to have a team named after you.

My 5x Great-Grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee (grand-daughter of Chief Raincrow). Her offspring attempted to receive benefits by signing up for the Dawes Rolls and were denied since my Great Grandfather was a White dude. They were definitely UN-PC Indians as they were staunch fighters for the Confederacy during the Civil War. (This was in Eastern KY in the vicinity of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. In fact, this same Great-Grandmother of mine is also a Great Aunt to the Hatfield-Mounts families. Of course you never hear the fact that the Hatfield's had a little Cherokee in them.) Sorry about the ancestry stuff. I couldn't help it. In reality, I am just a mutt who loves the fighting spirit of real men and not these wimpy, liberal sports journalists.