The book we have been reading, "The Heart of a Chief", has revolved around an important issue- that issue being the use of Indian names for team mascots. I found a website article that discussed recent cases.
http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1269
I find it so interesting how many schools or teams used Indian terms/names for mascots. I knew that there were such situations that existed, but there were so many more cases that I expected. The insensitivity really surprised me.
I really liked this site because it showed the stereotypes of Indians presented by Hollywood. The video on this site showed how Indians were described as savages, bloodthirsty. Check out the youtube videos on this site. It is really interesting.
http://www.aistm.org/1indexpage.htm
This was one of the videos from that site. Check it out. I think you'll really enjoy it.
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