Native Peoples are Not Your
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We join a long history of Native organizers, organizations, and allies calling for the end of indigenous, race-based mascots. Join us by educating yourself and others on the issue, advocating through your voice, and sustaining the mission to end this despicable practice!

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Educate Yourself on the Issue

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ace-based mascots carry connotations dripping with contempt, racism, and subtle aggressions which perpetuate white-supremacy and bring violence to people of color; this perpetuates the cultural genocide of indigenous peoples that arises from the historical real genocide against Native Americans—for example, the term "R*dsk*n" from the The Winona Daily Republican in Minnesota: “The State reward for dead Indians has been increased to $200 for every red-skin sent to Purgatory. This sum is more than the dead bodies of all the Indians east of the Red River are worth.”

What are great educational resources?

Illuminatves has put together a great educational series on #ChangeTheName and has been an organization advocating for this since their inception. We highly recommend visiting their website, downloading their Social Media Kit for Allies, Social Media Kit for Natives, and their Factsheet.

How are mascot terms defined today?

Multiple dictionaries today define the terms as "contemptuous," "racist," "demeaning," "derogatory," and "offensive." In fact, Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary has defined the term "R*dsk*n" as "often contemptuous," since 1898!

Don't Mascots honor Native Americans?

While people may claim that race-based mascots are used to honor Native Americans and "not forget them," these terms dishonor many Native peoples and continue a legacy of cultural genocide, and can lead to a profound negative effect on Native youth.

What are the effects on Native youth?

Academic studies continue to show that race-based mascots and names do not honor Native Americans; to the contrary, these terms lead to “lower self-esteem, lower community worth, less capacity to generate achievement-related possible selves, and greater levels of negative effect” amongst Native American youth, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and oppression. These terms, often contemptuous in nature, further build a gap between native and non-native cultures, contributing to intergenerational trauma and continued racism. Leaders, historians, psychologists, and social scientists have concluded that “Native mascots are part of a much larger web of phenomena that contribute to oppression faced by Native Americans and thus it seems clear that these mascots should be eliminated.” While it should be clear, some people seem to be unwilling to see the continued consequences.

Who are the empowered perpetrators?

Every time teams and organizations take the field or brand their merchandise, race-based mascots conjure images of brutality. National sports leagues, youth sports league governing bodies, the media, corporations, and sponsors must discontinue profiting off of racist tropes. Native Americans are not mascots, they are people and are still here. Words have power. Symbols have power. It is time the media and sponsors cease their complicity in cultural genocide, and stand with justice—boycotting race-based mascots until the names change.

What can I do?

We encourage you to use our database below to search for schools and teams with Native race-based mascots, names, and imagery; encourage these schools to change the name and mascot through our provided pre-drafted emails, tweets, and letters. We must all apply pressure to end this cultural genocide.

Step 2

Demand Action

With the assistance of Terry Kaiser Borning, founder and curator of MascotDB.com, we've constructed a filterable database of all Native American themed mascots in the United States of America.

We encourage you to use the functionality of this database to email, tweet, and send letters to these schools. The email function will provide a pre-generated email. The tweet function will generate a pre-written tweet, and the letter function will provide you with a pre-written letter for you to mail. We have also provided the school's addresses and social media accounts for you to demand justice and action!

Alamance Christian Warriors

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Ahoskie Christian Warriors

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Ahoskie Christian Lady Warriors

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Wyandanch Memorial Warriors

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Windham-Ashland-Jewett Warriors

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Windham Ashland Central Warriors

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Willsboro Central Warriors

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Williamson Marauders

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Whitesboro Warriors

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Westinghouse Warriors

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Westhill Warriors

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West Seneca West Indians

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West Canada Valley Indians

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Wells Indians

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Weedsport Warriors

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Webutuck Warriors

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Webster-Schroeder Warriors

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Webster Christian Warriors

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Watkins Glen Senecas

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Waterville Indians

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Waterloo Indians

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Wantagh Warriors

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Walton Warriors

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Town of Webb Eskimos

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Tonawanda Warriors

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Syosset Braves

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Stockbridge Valley Central Indians

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Stillwater Warriors

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Stamford Central Indians

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St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Marauders

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St. Francis Red Raiders

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Southern Cayuga Chiefs

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Smith Warriors

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Sidney Warriors

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Shaker Bison

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Sewanhaka Indians

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Seneca Vo-Tech Indians

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Schoharie Indians

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Scarsdale Raiders

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Sauquoit Valley Indians

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Saranac Chiefs

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Salamanca Warriors

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Sachem North Flaming Arrows

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Romulus Warriors

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Richfield Springs Central Indians

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Rice Raiders

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Regis Raiders

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Red Jacket Indians

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Red Hook Raiders

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Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Indians

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Ravena Indians

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Proctor Raiders

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Port Richmond Red Raiders

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Port Jervis Raiders

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Peru Indians

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Patchogue-Medford Raiders

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Palmyra-Macedon Red Raiders

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Oxford Academy Blackhawks

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Owego Free Academy Indians

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Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors

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Oriskany Redskins

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Oneida Indians

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Odessa-Montour Indians

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O'Neill Raiders

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North Rockland Raiders

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Newark Reds

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New York Mills Marauders

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New Utrecht Utes

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Morrisville-Eaton Warriors

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Morrisville Warriors

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Moore Redmen

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Mohonasen Warriors

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Minisink Valley Warriors

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Mechanicville Red Raiders

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Massena Red Raiders

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Massapequa Chiefs

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Manhasset Indians

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Mahopac Indians

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Lyme Central Indians

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Lowville Red Raiders

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Liverpool Warriors

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Liberty Indians

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Letchworth Indians

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Lake George Warriors

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Ketcham Indians

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Keshequa Indians

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Julia Richman Educational Center Warriors

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Jamestown Red Raiders

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Iroquois Chiefs

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Indian River Warriors

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Indian Lake Central Indians

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Hornell Red Raiders

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Hoosic Valley Indians

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Hannibal Warriors

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Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds

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Groton Indians

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Green Meadow Waldorf Warriors

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Glens Falls Indians

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