Word: illiniwek
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...could be forgiven for never having heard of Chief Illiniwek. He may not be making a splash on either coast, but the controversy around him has captured the attention of many in the middle. Much of Illinois was educated at its local state college where, for the last 81 graduating classes, its Native American mascot Chief Illiniwek has supposedly honored native heritage in the state...
RETIRED. Chief Illiniwek, buckskin-clad mascot who for 81 years performed halftime "tribal" dances for the University of Illinois, despite protests from Native American groups who called the character demeaning; in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Officials acted under pressure from the NCAA, which in 2005 barred colleges with American Indian mascots from acting as hosts for postseason events...
...determinations based on the best interests of their institutions and athletic programs. They have done that in the past and will continue to.” Similarly, Hardy said that the University of Illinois’ board of trustees is currently trying to resolve issues related to the Chief Illiniwek tradition. But Kaufman, whose disapproval is shared by the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People and the American Psychological Association, said he does not see a valid argument for maintaining the Native American references. “Those people who think that [our] position is wrong, we listen...
...happened extensively in other parts of the world; but in the Midwest it hadn't seemed to stick. If adventurous grade-school teachers took us back before the era of the fire it was to tales of the area's indigenous peoples, the Miami of the north and the Illiniwek of the south. Read through the problematic cipher of fifth-grade pedagogy this was hardly history; instead of forging some kind of connection with the past, it served to set the stage on and against which the future was peremptorily defined. European settlement and the Chicago fire were just evidence...