My son-in-law is a Blackfoot. He works at U of I and would get out there and do the Chief's dance himself if they'd let him. He doesn't get the problem. He says the Indians should be proud to be known as He-Men and not mama boys.
Our HS was the "Tornado". I was always jealous of our cross state rivals with their neat Indian gear and infamous "war drum" section in their band.
I don't get it either. Why would anyone give what they consider a "demeaning" name to their football team? Clearly the reason for naming a team after an Indian chief or tribe is admiration, not scorn.
What a bunch of hogwash.
I'd say it beats being swept under the rug and forgotten according to the dictates of "PC-Respect."
I think you hit the nail on the head. The left are the racists in this country. They talk like everyone else is but they are the true racists. Perhaps this is one way to put the Indians in their places while making it out that they are trying to "protect" them.
Hear! hear!
Your son-in-law and the Seminoles get it: Indian mascots are a tribute to the martial virtues of their forebearers. The only people who find them offensive are the leftists of whatever ethnic heritage who sneer at the notion of martial virtue.
(I've got ancestors from the Vik and am partial to Minnesota in the NFL even though I have no connections with the state.)