Primary Chief-related Web site resources

Position Statements against the use
of Native American symbols/mascots

• National Congress of American Indians "Applauds NCAA Decision to Ban Use of Indian Mascots"
• Wisconsin Indian Mascot and Logo Taskforce: "Common Themes"
• UIUC professor Debbie Reese, on why the chief and the name Illini should be retired. (9/05/05)
• ActNow Calls for Retirement of Chief (3/10/04)
• Native American Bar Association calls for Chief retirement (1/15/04)
• Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma - call for U.I. to stop use of Chief
  (the Peoria are descendants of the Illini tribes)
  (resolution read & discussed in speech available here)
• "Use of Indian mascots in intercollegiate athletics is a concern to NCAA" (2002)
• NCAA MOIC recommends "review of mascot choice" (2002)
• Southern Poverty Law Center leaders call for end to Chief Illiniwek
• Champaign county NAACP opposition to the Chief - press conference
• Native American Journalists Association calls upon news media to stop using mascot names
• National Congress of American Indians
• Five Civilized Tribes Intertribal Council resolution
• United Methodist Church - concerning demeaning names to native Americans
• U.I. English Dept. statement on Chief Illiniwek (link fixed)
• Letter from U.I. Anthropology Dept.
• Statement from U.I. Graduate School of Library & Information Science
• Statement from U.I. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Department
• U.I. Senate resolution to retire Chief Illiniwek
• Society of Indian Psychologists of the Americas
• United Indian Nations in Oklahoma
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights statement
• American Indian Cultural Support statement on team mascots

Other news articles, opinions and
anti-Chief web site resources

• Univ. North Dakota B.R.I.D.G.E.S. page on mascots / "What's the big deal?"
• NCAA Policy on Native American mascots announced (August 2005)
• Anti-Defamation and Mascots page -- Nat'l Congress of American Indians
• "Chief Illiniwek relegated to sidelines for games" (3/2005 indianz.com)
• "Chief topic of discord" (3/2005 Chicago Tribune / chicagosports.com)
• "Chief Illiniwek mascot inappropriate" (12/2004 indianz.com)
• NCAA Review of Indian Mascots - Update: Jan. 10, 2004
• "Chief Illiniwek battle an especially harsh one" - indianz.com
• New York Times: "The Squabbling Illini: Rallying Cries Lead to Rift"
• NCAA votes for 2-year review on mascots / commentary
• Review of Historian Rennard Strickland's on portrayals of American Indians in film (new review link)
• NCAA Executive Committee OKs development of mascot review
• North Central Association's Commission Statement on Diversity
• Chief Illiniwek History (appendix of U.I. Senate resolution)
• People's Paths page - mascot issues
• American Indian Protest at NCAA Midwest Regionals
• Chicago Sun-Times poll responses to Chief Illiniwek: Pro-Chief / Anti-Chief
• American Indian Sports Team Mascots (AISTM) - Illinois page
• "Mascot resources" list at inwhosehonor.com
• The real Fightin' Whities (discusses CO, IL debates)
• Letter from Jay Rosenstein to Board of Trustees
• www.inwhosehonor.com - documentary by Jay Rosenstein (info & ordering)
• National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media
• American Indian Sports Team Mascots (AISTM)
• Native American mascots: an examination (Tolerance.org)
• Charlene Teters
• It's only a game?
• American Indian Sports Team Mascots: web site overview
• NCRSM article: "American Indians are people, not mascots" (Charlene Teters)
• "The Mascot Issue" - compilation of web site & writings (link fixed)
• "Indians are people not mascots" /
• Tolerance.org: Images in Action
• Native American mascots big issue in College Sports (Tolerance.org, May 2001)
• Not for Sport (by Barbara Munson, member of the Oneida Nation)
• Native American "mascot" links
• "Indian mascot reference papers"
• American Indian Cultural Support (AICS) |
  Why educators can't ignore Indian mascots |
  Stereotypes/Discrimination/Identity |
  Comment on Dept. of Justice report on Racism
• Timeline of change: American Indians and sports team mascots
  (from National Congress of American Indians)
• Mascot supporters insult Native peoples (Indian Country, 3/2002)
• Mascots play like broken record (Indian Country, 3/22/02)
• American Indian Opinion Leaders: American Indian Mascots (Indian Country, 8/2001)
• End racist use of American Indian names, images, and religious symbols

References

• Ebert, Roger, 2001: March 15 Column in Chicago Sun-Times. Excerpts available here.
• King, Richard C., and Charles F. Springwood, eds., 2001: Team Spirits: A Native American Mascots Controversy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
• Price, S. L., 2002: The Indian Wars. Sports Illustrated, March 4, 2002.
• Prochaska, David, 2001: At Home in Illinois: Presence of Chief Illiniwek, Absence of Native Americans. In Team Spirits: A Native American Mascots Controversy, eds. Richard C. King and Charles F. Springwood, pp. 157-185. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
• Rosenstein, Jay, 2001: In Whose Honor?, Mascots, and the Media. In Team Spirits: A Native American Mascots Controversy, eds. Richard C. King and Charles F. Springwood, pp. 241-256. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
• Spindel, Carol, 2000: Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots. New York: New York University Press.
• Will, George, 1995: "Chief Illiniwek and the Sensitivity Cavalry." Washington Post, March 9. Will is quoted by Jay Rosenstein in In Whose Honor, and by Kelly Hine here.

Video

• The Chief: A historical documentary on Chief Illiniwek [pro-Chief]. ©2000 the Chief Illiniwek Educational Foundation. Available through chiefilliniwek.org. Also available at the Champaign Public Library (catalog #306.483 CHIEF).
• In Whose Honor: American Indian mascots in sports. ©1996 Jay Rosenstein. Available from www.inwhosehonor.com. Also available at the Champaign Public Library (catalog #305.8 IN).