IN HONOR OF HALLOWEEN:
Posted on October 31, 2007 - Filed Under Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment
THE INDIAN MASCOTS THAT JUST WON’T DIE
In honor of Halloween, the Indian mascot you thought was dead, rears its Jasonesque head. And just when you thought it was safe to attend the homecoming parade and game free of the fake feathered, tomahawk chopping, jingle dress dancing, Mary Kay face painted, beta pi pledging Indian […]
HONORED INDIAN(S): ISABELLA AND CHARLENE
Posted on October 30, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment
Isabella (Bella) and Charlene (Charley) are affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Both cuties are the granddaughters of Ed and Monica Zendejas of Honor Indians Institute….
INDIAN ALERT!!!
Posted on October 30, 2007 - Filed Under SPORTS | Leave a Comment
FREE TACOS THANKS TO
JACOBY ELLSBURY
Taco Bell will be giving out FREE tacos today between 2-5 p.m., all thanks to Jacoby Ellsbury! Taco Bell ran a promotion during the World Series called “Steal a base, steal a taco.” Jacoby Ellsbury stole a base during the World Series, and now it is time […]
Indian Mural Poll
Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under POLL | Leave a Comment
Polls
NCAA AND U. NORTH DAKOTA SETTLE INDIAN MASCOT LAWSUIT
Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under Indian Mascots | 1 Comment
The University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the NCAA announced on Friday that they have agreed to settle their mascot lawsuit. Under the terms of the deal, The Fighting Sioux will have three years to woo, court, or bribe a Sioux tribe into agreeing to allow North Dakota to use the “Fighting […]
INDIAN IN THE WORLD SERIES:
Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under SPORTS | 1 Comment
JACOBY ELLSBURY LEADS RED SOX TO WORLD SERIES TITLE
Jacoby Ellsbury was moved to the top of the Boston Red Sox hitting line-up for games 3 and 4 of the World Series. He responded by getting 6 hits in 9 at bats, leading the Red Sox to a four game sweep of the […]
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT: WEEKEND INDIAN SPORTS REPORT
Posted on October 26, 2007 - Filed Under SPORTS, Indian Mascots | 4 Comments
BASEBALL:
INDIAN IN THE WORLD SERIES:
The Boston Red Sox named Jacoby Ellsbury as their starting center fielder for games 1 and 2 of the World Series. Ellsbury, enrolled with the Colorado River Indian Tribes/Navajo, has one hit in 7 at bats. He has scored a run, and he has 1 […]
IDAHO INDIAN LYNCHING MURALS TO GET OFFICIAL “INTERPRETIVE SIGNS”
Posted on October 25, 2007 - Filed Under Political | 1 Comment
Honor Indians Institute read yesterday that murals, which are displayed on a Boise, Idaho, courthouse, which depict an Indian being lynched, are to get official “interpretive signs” to explain the historical context behind them. The murals were deemed so offensive by one Idaho judge, that he ordered them to be covered up with U.S. […]
HONORED INDIAN: BROOKTYNN ZENDEJAS
Posted on October 24, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment
Brooktynn Zendejas is a member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. She is currently in her third year of law school at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Brooktynn is the Managing Editor of BYU Law School’s Journal of Public Law. She is also the Student Bar Association’s Vice President of Activities….
CHEROKEE TRIBE REMOVES FREEDMEN FROM TRIBAL ROLLS
Posted on October 24, 2007 - Filed Under Education | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute calls on the Cherokee Nation to do the honorable thing, and rescind their March 2007, vote to remove approximately 2,800 black descendants of Freedmen slaves from their tribal rolls. At issue is whether an 1866 treaty granted Cherokee citizenship to freed black slaves. The Freedmen descendants have challenged the vote, and the […]
HONORABLE MENTION: HO-CHUNK INC., ALL NATIVE SYSTEMS
Posted on October 24, 2007 - Filed Under Honorable Mention | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Ho-Chunk Inc.’s, All Native Systems a corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, for receiving the United States Department of State’s Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year award….
ALTERNATIVE INDIAN MARKETING: RESERVATION FRIED CHICKEN
Posted on October 23, 2007 - Filed Under ALTERNATIVE INDIAN MARKETING | Leave a Comment
…Honor Indians Institute would like to encourage KFC to develop a marketing campaign specifically for the Indian market. Therefore, we offer RESERVATION FRIED CHICKEN or RFC! Instead of Colonel Sanders, we introduce CHAIRMAN SANDERS! We propose the marketing slogan “LESS TRANS FAT MEANS LESS FAT INDIANS!’
HONORABLE MENTION: BOSTON RED SOX
Posted on October 22, 2007 - Filed Under Honorable Mention, Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor the Boston Red Sox for defeating the Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3 in the American League Championship Series. As a general rule, I could care less who wins the World Series. The only exception is that it NOT be either the Cleveland Indians or the Atlanta Braves! …
TO: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ATHLETE YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR AGAINST US
Posted on October 19, 2007 - Filed Under Education, Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute recently honored LeBron James for refusing to wear the racist Cleveland Indians cap at a recent playoff game in Cleveland. We also called upon him to join us in calling for education and hopefully change, leading to the elimination of Indian mascots. We now make that invitation to all African […]
ALTERNATIVE INDIAN MARKETING: “I am NOT an Indian Mascot…I am an athlete.”
Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under ALTERNATIVE INDIAN MARKETING | Leave a Comment
…We are now offering to Nike a marketing campaign with a purpose. Our mission at Honor Indians Institute is to fight ignorance perpetuated by Indian mascots. Nike could market the shoe while also addressing the emotionally charged Indian mascot issue to a Native and national market. We propose the following: “I am NOT an Indian Mascot…I am an athlete” marketing campaign….
HONORED INDIAN - KATHY WARREN
Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment
Kathy Warren is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has also lived in El Paso and Ft. Worth Texas where she joined the Air Force. Kathy spent 8 years as an Intelligence Analyst, which is how she found her way to Omaha, Nebraska….
HONORABLE MENTION: NIKE CORPORATION, for the AIR NATIVE N7
Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under ALTERNATIVE INDIAN MARKETING | 3 Comments
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor the Nike Corporation for their efforts to promote healthier Indian life habits by introducing the Nike Air Native N7. The Air Native shoe is the result of over 2 years of researching the Indian foot throughout Indian country….
HONORABLE MENTION: CONGRESSMAN JEFF FORTENBERRY
Posted on October 16, 2007 - Filed Under Honorable Mention, Education | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry for his efforts to have Ponca Chief Standing Bear’s image placed on the new $1 Native American Coin. The Native American $1 Coin Act calls for the Sacagawea dollar coin to be redesigned….
HONORABLE MENTION:UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA FOOTBALL TEAM
Posted on October 15, 2007 - Filed Under Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor the University of Nebraska-Omaha football team for defeating the 2nd ranked North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 28-17 on Saturday. It was probably the last meeting between the two schools as North Dakota is moving to division I next year.
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HONORED INDIAN - BRADY DeSANTI
Posted on October 11, 2007 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | 1 Comment
Brady DeSanti was born in 1978 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa tribe in Hayward, Wisconsin. Brady was adopted as a child, and he was raised in a non-Indian family. He gained most of his knowledge about Native peoples and their diverse histories from books….
HONORABLE MENTION: LeBRON JAMES
Posted on October 11, 2007 - Filed Under Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor LeBron James for showing up to the Cleveland v. New York Yankee’s playoff game, in Cleveland, wearing a Yankee cap. King James says that he did so because he is a Yankee fan, and his friendship with Yankee icon Derek Jeter. Whatever his motivation, we […]
IN HONOR OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Posted on October 8, 2007 - Filed Under Honorable Mention | Leave a Comment
Today is Columbus Day, so Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Columbus, rather than protest him, which is generally the approach taken by most Indian groups or advocates. Also, since my children are equal parts Italian (my wife is half Italian) […]
HOW! Yes, this really happened
Posted on October 2, 2007 - Filed Under Education | Leave a Comment
I have been walking quite a bit lately in an effort to try ward off type 2 diabetes and lose a little weight. My route takes me through a nice middle class, mostly non-Indian (white) neighborhood. About two weeks ago, I […]