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Originally Posted by JRutledge

Did they once have a Native American depicted name?

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Originally Posted by bainsey

And.... the can of worms is open!

Yes, formerly Old Town Indians, changed sometime in the last ten years.

Still, the gym has this huge, beautiful painting of nearby Penobscot Nation with the caption "Old Town Indians." And, the name of the island home of the Penobscot Nation remains, "Indian Island." I worked a playoff soccer game last month that featured Indian Island Middle School (Warriors).

The lack of verbal parallelism never ceases to baffle me.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

In my humble, non-Native American opinion, there are good Native American mascots, and there are bad Native American mascots. If the Native Americans that live in particular areas like the mascot, and don't have any problem with the mascot, then the schools should be allowed to continue to use it.

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That's as bad as my mom's alma mater being forced to change their mascot because of some of the local Aboriginal population thought it was offensive. If they think the mascot of a school is offensive, then they should ask that cities have to change their names as well (For example: Seattle is named after Chief Seattle) that are named after them or their tribe.