chapmaja

Tue, Sep 11, 2012 : 5:44 p.m.

I wish EMU has never changed the nickname. When the decision was made I recall that the Huron's were actually not opposed to the nickname. In fact most school who have used Native American tribe names as their nicknames have not had complaints for the tribe leadership. I can think of only 1 school that has been forced to change it's nickname and that is North Dakota because 3 of the 4 branches of the Souix nation approved the name and the 4th refused to vote either way, which meant they had to change the name. Florida St, Illinois, Central Michigan, and other schools have all maintained the nicknames with approval of the tribes. Names like Indians, Redskins, and other names meant to putdown the Native American's are different. There is only one school nicknamed the Indians that I think has the right to use the nickname, that being DII School UNC-Pembroke. The reason they can use the name is 75% of the students are of Native American descent and they have the ability to choose, as the potentially offended party if they feel the name is offensive.