Charlene Teters
[8] The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media (NCRSM) was formed in October 1991 at the Augsburg College meeting of American Indian dignitaries and activists in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Holding demonstrations and marches outside numerous sports stadiums across America, the NCRSM has influenced the education effort on racial stereotyping and made it a household discussion topic.Their mission was and still is rooted in the belief that the use of Indian and indigenous people as athletic mascots is dehumanizing to the Native American race as it perpetuates negative connotations and inaccurate stereotypes.Finally, the NCRSM wants to discontinue the use of the indigenous person mascots in schools because they feel it is promoting the wrong ideals and images of the Native American people and inaccurately portraying history to the youth of America.[9] Charlene Teters and the NCRSM have listed the following schools and teams on their home page to get certain universities and institutions in America to realize that the use of indigenous people is wrong as mascots.
Spokane Indian ReservationWashingtonSpokane Tribe of the Spokane ReservationUniversity of IllinoisCollege of Santa FeSanta Fe University of Art and DesignInstitute of American Indian ArtsSpokane, WashingtonNative Americanart installationsSpokane TribemascotsSanta Fe, New MexicoBachelor of Fine ArtsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Fine ArtsChief IlliniwekbasketballMarcus AmermanMitchell CollegeNew London, ConnecticutPeter JenningsABC World News TonightCalifornia State Polytechnic UniversityPomona, CaliforniaAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryNew York City, New YorkAugsburg CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesotaracial stereotypingClyde BellecourtVernon BellecourtWayback MachineUniversity of Wisconsin Press