Date School
1969 Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
1969 Oklahoma State University 1971 Marquette University (Wisconsin)
1971 Mankato State College (Minnesota)
1972 Stanford University (California)
1979 Syracuse University (New York)
1988 Siena College (New York)
1988 St. John's University (New York)
1988 St. Mary's College (Minnesota)
1988 Bradley University (Illinois)
1989 Montclair State College (New Jersey)
1991 Eastern Michigan University
1993 Arvada High School (Colorado)
1995 St. John's University (New York)
1996 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1996 Miami University (Ohio)
1996 Adams State University (Colorado)
1996 Syracuse AAA baseball team (New York)
1996 Hull Western Christian School (Iowa)
1997 Los Angeles Board of Education (California)
1997 Akron AA baseball team (Ohio)
1998 Yakima College (Washington)
1998 Southern Nazarene University (Oklahoma)
1999 Oklahoma City University
2000 Seattle University (Washington)
2001 Illinois Valley Community College
2001 Southwestern College (California)
2002 Hendrix University (Arkansas)
Change in Mascot or Team Name
Drops nickname “Indians” in favor of “Big Green.” Retires “Little Red” mascot.
Abolishes mascot “Willie Wampum” and changes its Indian-related nicknames.
Drops Indian caricature mascot.
Drops “Indians” team name and “Chief Lightfoot” mascot.
Drops “Saltine Warrior” mascot.
Changes team name from “Indians” to “Saints.” Retires Indian mascot.
Drops nickname “Redmen” in favor of “Cardinals.” Abandons costumed Indian mascot.
Drops Indian nickname and mascot.
Changes nickname from “Hurons” to “Eagles.”
Drops “Redskins” nickname for “Reds.”
Changes nickname from “Redmen” to “Redstorm.” Abandons Chief Moccanooga mascot.
Drops “Redskins” nickname for “RedHawks.” Changes Indian mascot to a grizzly bear.
Changes nickname from “Chiefs” to “Skychiefs.” Retires Indian mascot and logo.
Eliminates Indian-related mascots from four schools. Replaces “Indians” nickname with “Aeros.”
Retires race-related mascot.
Abandons “Redskins” nickname in favor of “Crimson Storm.”
Replaces “Chiefs” nickname with “Stars.”
Changes “Chieftains” nickname to “Redhawks.” Changes “Apache” nickname to “Eagles.”
Changes “Apache” nickname to “Jaguars.”
Eliminates references to American Indians though retains “Warriors” nickname.
Source; Anti-defamation and Mascots. Available at:
Http://www. ncai. org/ncai/resource/documents/govemance/mastimeline. htm. Accessed June 21,2006.
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