Native American mascot controversy
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native-american-mascot-controversy-207-15723553
title:
Native American mascot controversy
text:
Since the 1960s, the issue of Native American and First Nations names and images being used by sports teams as mascots has been the subject of increasing public controversy in the United States and Canada. This has been a period of rising Indigenous civil rights movements, and Native Americans and their supporters object to the use of images and names in a manner and context they consider derogatory. They have conducted numerous protests and tried to educate the public on this issue. In response
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description:
Controversy regarding the use of Indigenous names and images by sports teams
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_mascot_controversy
date created:
2007-08-11T02:45:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:44:34Z
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