We start by addressing stereotypes of Native Americans and the debate over Native
American team mascots because, in the end, we want our students to be motivated to educate their community about breaking these stereotypes.
Not exact matches
In a different sport, the World Series runner - up Clevland Indians and other
teams with names Native
American - themed
mascots receive similar protests.
California may require its public schools to give up
team names and
mascots related to Native
American culture, under legislation that passed in committee this month.
We then show our students current images of Native
American mascots of sports
teams.
We ask the third graders to address this question: Should sports
teams be allowed to use Native
American names and
mascots?
They watch interviews with Native
Americans about the
mascots and hear the Washington Redskins» owner defend the
team's name.
We got word last night that for the final race of the 2007 season in Monterey, and possibly the final race of the Corvette C6.R program in the
American LeMans series, Corvette Racing will be rebranding the Corvette C6.Rs with the
team's official unofficial
mascot, Jake.