He also stressed the importance of raising congressional awareness about Native American issues, sovereign rights ... following in the footsteps of a recent wave of monuments such as the Bears ...
I don't know if there's a culture in the United States whose language, symbols, and traditions get appropriated more than that of Native Americans. And for some reason, no one is fazed by it.
while this history "helps explain why Native Americans are more likely to have a mixed heritage," Van Dam reported for the Post, "it doesn’t explain the giant increase in numbers in recent years ...
Throw in a few mean-spirited people who are ignorant of Native American issues, and the debate gets even more gritty. Yet, that's reality when it comes to the issue of Native American mascot names ...