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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783163603321

Titolo

Team spirits : the Native American mascots controversy / / edited by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood ; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-280-42379-X

9786610423798

0-8032-0630-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 356 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingC. Richard <1968->

SpringwoodCharles Fruehling

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Indians as mascots

Sports team mascots - Social aspects - United States

Indians of North America - Social conditions - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""contents""; ""foreword""; ""acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chief Bill Orange and the Saltine Warrior""; ""Becoming the Indians""; ""Wennebojo Meets the Mascot""; ""Sockalexis and the Making of the Myth at the Core of Cleveland's""Indian"" Image""; ""The Fighting Braves of Michigamua""; ""The Best Offense...""; ""At Home in Illinois""; ""Fighting Name-Calling""; ""Last of the Mohicans, Braves, and Warriors""; ""Escaping the Tyranny of the Majority""; ""Mascots and the Media""; ""Educators and Mascots""; ""Uneasy Indians""; ""Playing Indian and Fighting (for) Mascots""; ""Epilogue""; ""contributors""; ""index""

Sommario/riassunto

Studies the controversy over the use of Native American mascots by professional sports, colleges, and high schools, describing the origins and messages conveyed by such mascots as the Atlanta Braves and Florida State Seminoles.