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what kind of message does that send to your children and grand children, at least you graduated. If spaulding sucked while you attended, then as hard as it is to understand whatever group you belonged to either Jocks or Band Geeks or ROTC or Burnouts all make up Spaulding. If you left and went somewhere else then that school would suck soon enough, the only thing that would always be constant would be you and I don't believe that you suck I just think you are trapped in the past

Changing the Red Raider mascot?
I know several people who are of native American decent and they are not offended.
It would depend on the level of intelligence. I think that changing the Red Raiders mascot would be an ingenious way to keep the Native American down. Let's see, first we took them out of their land and took their ways of survival. Then we took the land, which to the Native American belief is greater than most anything other than the great spirit. We took that land a living, breathing, meaningful part of their existence and desicrated it by polluting the Grounds that they held so sacred that they would not bury their dead under it. Then we took their hunting grounds and turned it into housing.
Then we took their Game, Uh Oh! Actually it was not known as game, until we took the gift that brought them nourishment and vitality and turned it into a form of entertainment. As for the Red Raider mascot he is not an it, the mascot is a he. A mascot according to Dictionary.com is
1. mascot (noun), A person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
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2. mas·cot, Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mas-kot, -kuht](noun) An animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good fortune.
So is symbolizing the Native American as a Chief, a noble warrior one that would stand side by side with and encourage his people to continue the courageous battle against an enemy they really do not know enough to dislike, but just to ensure that the village He leads and represents to finish the battle victorious.
The same Chief that as the most Honorable member of his people would only celebrate victory with humility. For to the Native American all forms of life are precious. In his time the Chiefs victory was not the same as todays victory but the spirit of battle is what drives us to finish on top of our opponents and continue with the battle cries of our Village/School to the point where we fight with the same courage and drive as the Chief would have. To be a warrior was a very honorable and distinguished position, that Native American men as they reached the age of High Schoolers today, would not settle for anything less then to be known as a warrior. To be the Chief or associated with the Chiefs family was a very high honor, and I am honored to be associated with the Chief and be a part of his family!

Go Raider, Get Some!
Having a Native American Chief

I won't even begin to go down the getting rid of spiritual mascots that's the next battle that some jackass with no real great cause of his own