Research Paper On Native American Mascots

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I choose this quote because it is the purest form of the truth. Natives have been winning a losing game ever since the Europeans intruded. How? Native American Indians lost their lands when the infamous Christopher Columbus decided to sail the ocean blue in 1942. Following the cultivation of the foreigners, they decided themselves that the lives of Natives had no worth or value and they only took up space. Thus, the whites relocated the Indians from their lands; killing and causing death due to disease, harsh winters, and by destroying their food sources…and as Tim Giago states, has lost their self-esteem and self-respect for the mediocre excuse of athletic promotion. Native Americans don’t called their mascots Caucasians, or Mighty Africans,

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