“It’s time for the chief to take a hike,” said Loon He Flies Fast, a Chippewa from Wisconsin, addressing university officials and others who attended the rally organized by opponents of the mascot. “If the chief showed up at a sacred dance circle at any powwow in America, he’d be thrown out of that circle and asked to leave. It ain’t Indian dancing, folks. It’s a minstrel show.”
School Hears Calls to End Mascot’s Act (Washington Post)
Video of yesterday’s event is available here: I Resist
And here is the Daily Illini coverage, which you might wanna take with an extra-big handful of salt, because yesterday they were telling people not to attend. Which was strange enough coming from the student newspaper, but it was even stranger because the university president and other officials were on the panel, and the university sent email invitations to everyone.
I Resist’s website appears to be down. Must be a lot of eyes viewing it today.