Indian Mascots Research Paper

The use of Indian culture by non-Indians as mascots, logos, and nicknames has been a constant fight for years. Schools have been using names of tribes with aggressive, stoic histories for their sports teams. But the Native Americans look at that and feel discriminated against, because of the negative stereotype given by that type of label.
In a pro perspective, the teams and schools that want to use the names of “Brave, Chief’s, Apache, and Seminoles” chose to label their team after legendary historical warriors, or brave fighting figures. Just like some other schools mascots are Lions, Tigers, and Panthers. It is not meant to be directly dishonorable or to look down on the Native American population. Along with the Mascots, which are made to be more comical and fun for the crowd to have fun at sports events, they are not meant to be real life Indians, Just like a lion mascot jumping around is not like a real lion, and does not resemble any true lion features except the physical look.
Having an Indian battle cry, dances, or symbolic scalping at a football game every time there is a touchdown does not show respect to the people they took the ideas from and directly mocks their culture and puts them into a cultural stereotype. Cultural stereotypes also lead to children being put down in school and causes discrimination which destroys the right to an equal