"A very strict UND survey using Institutional Review Board guidelines shows that the Fighting Sioux team name and logo has real effects on students.
The controversy at UND sparked a study based on the Indian mascot logo issue. The study involved 132 UND students, 37 percent of whom were American Indian and 63 percent of whom were non-American Indian. The study showed that of all the students surveyed, 96 percent believe that racism is a problem in America, 90 percent believe there is racial discrimination against American Indians to some extent, and 57 percent of American Indian students want the logos removed or banned.
It also showed a greater portion of American Indian students have more negative opinions of the logos than non-American Indian students. At a March 25 anti-logo protest near Ralph Engelstad Arena, I saw enough proof to remind me that racism is alive and well. The treatment we got for protesting the logo was "racist and abusive," judging by the names we were called and the number of people using the third finger.
It is no accident that American Indians have high unemployment, high suicide rates and low life expectancy in their own country."
Get the Story:
Michael Eshkibok: UND's logo hurts students
(The Grand Forks Herald 6/16)
NCAA Update:
Status
of Indian Mascot Policy (April 28, 2006)
NCAA Executive Committee Decision:
Native
American Mascot Appeals Decisions (April 28, 2006)
NCAA Staff Decision on Fighting Sioux:
Statement
by NCAA Senior Vice-President for Governance and Membership Bernard Franklin on
University of North Dakota Review(September 28, 2005)
NCAA Policy on Indian Mascots:
NCAA
Executive Committee Issues Guidelines for Use of Native American Mascots at
Championship Events (August 5, 2005)
Relevant Links:
University of North Dakota - http://www.und.edu
The Ralph
- http://www.theralph.com
Fighting
Sioux - http://www.fightingsioux.com
North Dakota Board of Higher Education - http://www.ndus.nodak.edu/sbhe
NCAA
Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee - http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/
membership/governance/assoc-wide/moic/index.html
National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media - http://www.aimovement.org/ncrsm
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