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In article <199707110416.XAA12221l@mx1.ncsa.uiuc.edu>,
Jay Rosenstein <jayr@ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>For anyone interested in educating about the subject of American Indian
>mascots, I want to mention that my documentary on the topic, "In Whose
>Honor?" will be airing on the national PBS series P.O.V. on Tuesday, July
>15th at 10PM in most areas.

I only caught the last 30 minutes or so of this the other night (had to
feed the baby during the first part).  Does anyone know if it will be
rerun, especially in the Philadelphia area?  What I saw was great,
and I'd love to see the first half.

Thanks for any info,
Mike

By the way, if that didn't embarass the UI people interviewed (and the
university for supporting their views), I don't know what will...

The show will air again soon. I do agree though that the UI people and
their blasphemy of the Indian religion needs focus.

I recieved an e-mail requesting an actual review of this show in it's
entirety. The show centered around one woman who is fighting to make a
difference in the way that Native American religion is viewed as a
whole. Her battle is fueled mainly by the University of Illinois and
it's blatant racism and disrespect, not only of Indian religion, but of
Native Americans as well. The school's view is that they present a
mascot at their games, dressed in an authentic Eagle feather headress
and buckskin suit, doing what up until last year was advertised as an
authentic Indian dance. This sent true fire through my body to see this
person who must have no knowledge of our people bopping around the
courts. The school defends itself by saying, "the Native Americans just
are not capable of understanding what 'Chief Illiwek' means to us." They
say we should not be offended by this mockery of our religion. My
thoughts while I was listening to one racist remark after another come
from white men was, what if we had the College Christians. Then for a
halftime show, some college student dressed as Jesus would come out with
a styrofoam cross on his back and do an authentic Christian dance. This
is blasphemy, in both cases, and it is not my intent to attack
Christianity; I just think some of the pure white people need something
as vivid as this to understand what we are going through. It also
touched on the battle of the Redskins(NFL), and had a quote from a black
man saying, he feels it's a racial name himself, but "the almighty
dollar" has swayed his thoughts.
I am open to discussion on this topic, and can provide more details
about the show if asked. It was a POV special.

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I was no where near a TV when this show aired, but strongly agree with
Kevin's views and the views of many others in this group.  For those
interested in a well written piece on this subject you can visit
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Kevin T. Price wrote:
> 
> The show will air again soon. I do agree though that the UI people and
> their blasphemy of the Indian religion needs focus.
I have also posted a review of the show to alt.native

I watched with my 21 year old daughter who couldn't understand the fuss.
Points well taken she learned something (that's a feat in and of
itself).  Too bad we can't get others to comprehend the issue without
looking like trouble makers.  Perhaps a letter campaign or maybe an
e-mail campaign?  I'd be glad to help...CowEyes

Kevin T. Price wrote:
> 
> I recieved an e-mail requesting an actual review of this show in it's
> entirety. The show centered around one woman who is fighting to make a
> difference in the way that Native American religion is viewed as a
> whole. Her battle is fueled mainly by the University of Illinois and
> it's blatant racism and disrespect, not only of Indian religion, but of
> Native Americans as well. The school's view is that they present a
> mascot at their games, dressed in an authentic Eagle feather headress
> and buckskin suit, doing what up until last year was advertised as an
> authentic Indian dance. This sent true fire through my body to see this
> person who must have no knowledge of our people bopping around the
> courts. The school defends itself by saying, "the Native Americans just
> are not capable of understanding what 'Chief Illiwek' means to us." They
> say we should not be offended by this mockery of our religion. My
> thoughts while I was listening to one racist remark after another come
> from white men was, what if we had the College Christians. Then for a
> halftime show, some college student dressed as Jesus would come out with
> a styrofoam cross on his back and do an authentic Christian dance. This
> is blasphemy, in both cases, and it is not my intent to attack
> Christianity; I just think some of the pure white people need something
> as vivid as this to understand what we are going through. It also
> touched on the battle of the Redskins(NFL), and had a quote from a black
> man saying, he feels it's a racial name himself, but "the almighty
> dollar" has swayed his thoughts.
> I am open to discussion on this topic, and can provide more details
> about the show if asked. It was a POV special.