HONORED INDIAN: CARLOS ZENDEJAS

Posted on January 21, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS | Leave a Comment

Carlos Zendejas is an enrolled member of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Carlos graduated from Brigham Young University in April 2007, from the Marriot School of Business with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing Management….

MASCOTS THAT HONOR: LOUP CITY RED RAIDERS

Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under MASCOTS THAT HONOR | 16 Comments

Honor Indians Institute would like to congratulate the Loup City Public Schools for receiving the Nebraska Governor’s Education Initiative Award for Parental Involvement. Loup City Public Schools were recognized for encouraging their parents to volunteer at school, to spend 20 minutes a day reading with their children, and visiting the school to eat lunch […]

HONORABLE MENTION: TURTLE MOUNTAIN STATE BANK

Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under Honorable Mention | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute would like to honor the Turtle Mountain State Bank for their grand opening held on January 17th 2008. The Turtle Mountain State Bank is located in Belcourt, North Dakota, on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation. It is the first American Indian owned bank in the State of North Dakota….

WOULD BARACK OBAMA BE HONORED BY THE “BLACKSKINS”

Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Political | 1 Comment

On January 14, 2008, Tim Giago wrote an opinion piece for Indianz.com, entitled “Sen. Barack Obama and the R-Word.” The following is an excerpt:
“On Saturday during the New Hampshire debates, a debate that saw the Republicans take the stage first, Obama was asked if he had been watching the Republican […]

MASCOTS THAT HONOR: TECUMSEH PANTHERS

Posted on January 8, 2008 - Filed Under MASCOTS THAT HONOR | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute would like to suggest an alternative to the Tecumseh (Nebraska) High School Indians. We offer the Tecumseh High School PANTHERS! We also invite the Tecumseh Indians of Michigan, the Tecumseh SAVAGES of Oklahoma and the Tecumseh Braves of Indiana to consider this alternative as well. On an educational level, […]

HONORABLE MENTION: FOND du LAC TRIBAL and COMMUNITY COLLEGE THUNDER

Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under Indian Mascots | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute honors the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Thunder, located in Cloquet, Minnesota, for their first successful collegiate football season, but more importantly, adopting the “THUNDER” mascot. It was great to see a tribal school stay away from the tired “Indians, Warriors and Chiefs” mascots. Haskell Indian Nations University, […]

HONOR INDIANS INSTITUTE: BACK FOR 2008!

Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under Education | 1 Comment

Honor Indians Institute is happy to be back for 2008!  After an extended Christmas break, we look forward to continue the work that we started in September 2007.  In this short time period, we got our web site up and running, created “Alternative Indian Mascots,” “Alternative Indian Marketing,” “No Honor With Meth” and “Mascots that […]

MASCOTS THAT HONOR: SANTEE SIOUX FIGHTIN’ CROW

Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under MASCOTS THAT HONOR | Leave a Comment

Honor Indians Institute would like to suggest an alternative to the Santee Sioux Community “WARRIORS.” We offer the Santee Sioux “FIGHTIN’ CROW” in honor of arguably the most famous and feared Santee Warrior, Little Crow.
The Santee Sioux warriors looked to their acknowledged chief, Little Crow, to lead in a war against […]