American Indian Mascots Research Paper

Are Indian mascots honoring or offending American Indians? For thousands of years, American Indians have been fighting to prove who they are. As well as proving what once belonged to them, their land, which was stolen by the Americans. The Americans will say that American Indians should feel proud that they’re being honored as a team mascot; American team names mean honor and respect. That’s just an assumption made by the person who fabricated the mascot, it was never discussed with an American Indian or any of their fellow tribes or peers. All stereotypes that are made regardless of having a positive or negative image, still promote false information. This has become an issue for years, Indians have been forgotten about. Their true story has been flushed away by what we have been taught through public schools, which are run by the American government. …show more content…
This dates to the colonial period, when European Americans adopted the cultural and their words to establish a native identity, while disregarding the dispossession and conquests of the indigenous people. Which is precisely why Indian mascot should be banned; those mascots parade around imitating rain dances acting like hooligans with no regards of the purpose of why actual American Indians dance. Schools should be banned from using mascots that represent American Indians; these mascots are offensive and demeaning, stereotypes that have escalated during the years have had an impact on the identity and self-worth of the Native Indians, as well as a negative impact how our Nation’s people perceive and relate to each