Digital Scholarship and Initiatives

Perceptive, concisely argued, and clearly written editorial occasioned by Native American activists' attacks on Erwin High School's (Buncombe County) use of a squaw mascot for a girls' sports team. Oxendine discusses general problems with Native American mascots and mentions a few particular examples, such as those of the Florida State Seminoles, the Washington Redskins, and the Cleveland Indians. He explained the abolition of UNC-Pembroke's Indian mascot. The school kept the name “Braves” for its team but created a non-human mascot for the team, a red-tailed hawk. UNC-Pembroke's logo is a red-tailed hawk superimposed with a brave.