by lindaoppenheim | Jan 22, 2019 | Call to Action
Arla Patch reported on the January 10, 2019 hearing: The use of Native names, slurs, images and symbols is a stark reminder of how colonized our communities still are. Donna Fann-Boyle (Chocktaw/Cherokee) has persisted for over four years to educate the Neshaminy...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 3, 2018 | Article
Paul Chaat Smith, one of the curators of “Americans,” a new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is unambiguous in his thoughts about Chief Wahoo, the symbol which, it was recently announced, will be removed from the Cleveland Indians...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 29, 2018 | Article
Major League Baseball announced that the Indians will discontinue the use of the divisive logo on their uniforms after the 2018 campaign. The decision was made mutually by MLB and the team, which had been working together to come up with an appropriate timeline and...
by lindaoppenheim | May 17, 2016 | Article
Dr. Chu Kim-Prieto, assistant professor of psychology at The College of New Jersey, tested to see if simply observing and reading about Native American sports symbols would increase respondents’ prejudices about Asian-Americans, an unrelated racial group at TCNJ and...
