http://honorindians.com Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:37:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SILENT AUCTION These items are currently up for auction… **Donnell Keeler Framed Print**   **Granite Counter Top**One 4’ Bathroom Granite counter top* *Does not include sink or fixtures with 10 colors to choose from (Installation Included)A $560 value                                   ... http://honorindians.com/uno-pow-wow-2010/ Indians In Jeopardy Power Point For Web Indians In Jeopardy Double Jeopardy For Web Indians In Jeopardy Final Jeopardy For Web  http://honorindians.com/indians-in-jeopardy/ INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING INDIAN JEOPARDY:  Click on link under the picture.  It will open a new window with another link.  Click on the link to open up the "Indians In Jeopardy" game.  It will download to your computer so you can open it up.  Click on the category/points button.  Click ... http://honorindians.com/357/ GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING ABOUT INDIANS THIS CHRISTMAS!!!Honor Indians Institute is pleased to announce a special opportunity for you to give high schools and their students the gift of learning more about Indians!  We will present to high schools and/or their students a copy ofMASCOTS THAT HONOR INDIANS donated in your ... http://honorindians.com/give-the-gift-of-learning/ A Wisconsin legislator has proposed a bill that would require their state Department of Public Instruction to investigate Indian mascot complaints.  Schools that still use Indian mascots would be given an opportunity to defend their mascot.  The schools would have to argue that their mascot does not discriminate, harass or ... http://honorindians.com/poll/ I am sure most Indians will remember the scene from the movie Smoke Signals when Thomas uttered those words to Victor upon getting evicted from their seats on the bus by two white guys. We laugh because as tribal members, we have experienced and witnessed that scene in our own ... http://honorindians.com/%e2%80%9cthe-cowboys-always-win%e2%80%9d-thomas-builds-the-fire/ [polldaddy|1261035] http://honorindians.com/poll-i-said-stop-resolution/ Indian Students Against Images Degrading Sacred Traditions of Our People RESOLUTION REQUESTING PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TELL SCHOOLS AND OTHER SPORTING TEAMS TO STOP USING INDIAN MASCOTS WHEREAS, I. S.A.I.D. S.T.O.P. was established by Indian high school students participating in the Circle of Learning project sponsored by the Omaha Public School District, ... http://honorindians.com/i-said-stop/ Andre Fast Horse: President of Indian Students Against Images Degrading Sacred Traditions of Our People (I. S.A.I.D. S.T.O.P.) Andre is Oglala Sioux from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He is a senior at Central High School in Omaha, NE. He enjoys running, drawing and skateboarding in his ... http://honorindians.com/honored-indian-andre-fast-horse/ [polldaddy|1178535] http://honorindians.com/nebraska-high-school-indian-mascot-poll/   Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Marshall Bass. Marshall is a proud enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. He is the youngest child of Vincent and Karen Bass.  He is 23 years of age and currently a junior at Haskell Indian Nations University located in Lawrence, Kansas.  ... http://honorindians.com/honored-indian-marshall-bass/ WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Timpview High School, home of the Thunderbirds, is located along bench of the Wasatch Mountains in Provo, UT. What used to be a nice, quiet school has now caused an uproar among the local Native community. A few months ago the school revealed the ... http://honorindians.com/timpview-decides-to-honor-indians/ Honor Indian Institute honors the approximately 169,000 American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Tribal members serve in the military at the highest rates per capita of any racial or ethnic group. There are about 23.7 million veterans overall in the U.S. ... http://honorindians.com/in-honor-of-our-veterans-2/ A controversy has arisen in Nebraska’s Thurston County over their Native American Day set for September 26th. Members of the County Board who are tribal members from the Omaha and Winnebago tribes championed the Native American Day holiday. Thurston County is home to both tribes. Tribal members ... http://honorindians.com/honor-indians-holiday/ Phil Jackson, Head Coach for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, received an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, the University of North Dakota on August 25th. Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Coach Jackson, not for his receipt of the honorary doctorate, but for his remarks to ... http://honorindians.com/honorable-mention-phil-jackson/   JEWS CIRCUMCISE JOX: TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP   In a spiritied nip and tuck final, the Jew Crew defeat the White Jox by a 52 to 48 percent margin. Congratulations to the Milwaukee Jew Crew 2008 Mascot League Baseball Most Honorable Mascot!     http://honorindians.com/champions/ (5) Milwaukee Jew Crew vs. (15) Chicago White Jox [polldaddy|838586] http://honorindians.com/championship/ JEW CREW BANKRUPTS AMERICAN INDIANS The 5th seeded Milwaukee Jew Crew pull off the upset of the top seeded American Indians by a single vote! A last second surge by the Indians came up short, sending the Jew Crew into the CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND! WHITE JOX EVICT RED NECKS FROM TOURNAMENT The ... http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-final-four-results/ (1) Cleveland American Indians vs. (5) Milwaukee Jew Crew [polldaddy|829192] (14) Cincinnati Red Necks vs. (15) Chicago White Jox [polldaddy|829208]     VOTING ENDS ON TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH AT 6PM http://honorindians.com/final-four/ AMERICAN INDIANS TAKE THE POT FROM JUNKEES The American Indians sent the Junkees back to rehab with a resounding 96% to 4% victory! They are looking strong heading into the semi finals. WHITE JOX DROP MADRES LIKE A BAD HABIT The White Jox beat back a pesky Madres team by a ... http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-2nd-round-results/ Morgan Mascot Poll Amanda Morgan is a Junior at the University of Nebraska - Omaha I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. I am from Crystal, New Mexico. I have earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Dine College in Tsaile, AZ. I am married and ... http://honorindians.com/for-non-indians/ Morgan Mascot Poll Amanda Morgan is a Junior at the University of Nebraska - Omaha I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. I am from Crystal, New Mexico. I have earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Dine College in Tsaile, AZ. I am married and ... http://honorindians.com/for-indianstribal-members/ (1) Cleveland American Indians vs. (9) New York Junkees [polldaddy|822453] (10) San Diego Madres vs. (15) Chicago White Jox [polldaddy|822484] (14) Cincinnati Red Necks vs. (11) Minnesota Siamese Twins [polldaddy|822493] (5) Milwaukee Jew Crew vs. (13) Boston Dred Lox [polldaddy|822497] http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-round-2/ AMERICAN INDIANS DEAL GINGERS LOPSIDED LOSS: By a margin of 71% to 29%, the American Indians send the Gingers back in-doors where they belong. This team is looking strong heading into their quarterfinal round match. WHITE JOX TAKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGAINST SLAVES: The Chicago White Jox stunned the No. ... http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-1st-round-results/ (1) Cleveland American Indians vs. (16) Texas Gingers [polldaddy|810179] (2) Atlanta Slaves vs. (15) Chicago White Jox [polldaddy|810559] (3) Arizona Wetbacks vs. (14) Cincinnati Red Necks [polldaddy|810560] (4) Baltimore Oreos vs. (13) Boston Dred Lox [polldaddy|810562] (5) Milwaukee Jew Crew vs. (12) St. Louis Cardinals [polldaddy|810563] (6) Cleveland India Indians vs. (11) Minnesota Siamese Twins [polldaddy|810568] (7) Tampa Bay Gays vs. ... http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-round-1-voting/ The teams have been selected and seeded for our MASCOT LEAGUE BASEBALL tournament to determine which team has the MOST HONORABLE logo! Vote for the mascot you believe best exemplifies “hard work, integrity and a winning tradition!” THE TEAM MASCOTS AND THEIR SEEDING 1. CLEVELAND AMERICAN INDIANS: The selection committee ... http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball-2/ We would like to introduce our very own MASCOT LEAGUE BASEBALL mascot tournament to determine which team logo best exemplifies “hard work, integrity and a winning tradition!” Teams to be announced! http://honorindians.com/mascot-league-baseball/ A mascot that “stands for hard work, integrity and a winning tradition.” A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to cancel the trademarks of the Washington Redskins football team. The judge held that the plaintiffs waited too long to challenge the trademark. The first "Redskins" trademark was ... http://honorindians.com/redskins/ On May 19, 2008, Tim Giago wrote an article posted on Indianz.com entitled “Time Magazine snubs Indians again.” Mr. Giago lamented the fact that Time Magazine failed to recognize any tribal members on their yearly list of “The Most Influential People in the World.” Mr. Giago stated that ... http://honorindians.com/alternative-indian-marketing-indian-time-magazine/ Honor Indians Institute received an email a couple of weeks ago from Jill Beattie, a student at the University of Louisville, in Kentucky. She wrote and said that she wanted to write a paper about current efforts to stop the use of Indian mascots. She first needed to ... http://honorindians.com/indian-mascots-a-past-grievance-or-current-issue/ The Natick School Committee is having a public forum tonight, May 7, 2008, for the purpose of giving the community an opportunity to share their thoughts on whether or not to keep the Natick “Redmen” mascot. The School Committee is hiring a “neutral person” to run the forum. ... http://honorindians.com/natick-redmen-a-return-to-racism/ A recent editorial in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, entitled “Chief Wahoo Should Go”, encouraged the demise of the Cleveland Indians logo. We agree that it is long overdue for the retirement of Chief Wahoo, and the “Indians” mascot. The editorial cited Sen. Barack Obama’s recent speech on ... http://honorindians.com/new-more-appropriate-cleveland-%e2%80%9cindian%e2%80%9d/     The University of Utah is returning $2 million dollars in federal grant monies, which funded their American Indian Teacher Training Program. The money was awarded to the U. of U. by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education. The U. of U. officials said ... http://honorindians.com/no-indian-teachers-no-indian-mascot/ JOBA AND JACOBY UPDATE JOBA CHAMBERLAIN: April 3, 2008:  Joba pitched a scoreless 8th inning.  He struck out 1 batter while earning his 1st win of the season.  New York beat Toronto 3-2. Opening Day, April 1, 2008: Joba pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out 2 batters in the New ... http://honorindians.com/real-indians-in-major-league-baseball-2/ JOBA AND JACOBY UPDATE JOBA CHAMBERLAIN: Opening Day, April 1, 2008: Joba pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out 2 batters in the New York Yankee’s opening day 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. April 2, 2008: Did not pitch in the Yankee’s 5-2 loss to the Blue Jays. JACOBY ... http://honorindians.com/real-indians-in-major-league-baseball/ The University of North Dakota hockey team defeated Wisconsin to earn a birth in the NCAA “Frozen Four” hockey tournament to be played on April 10th and 12th. However, the NCAA should penalize UND for “hostile and abusive” conduct. The penalty should be to send the UND “Fighting ... http://honorindians.com/%e2%80%9cfighting-sioux%e2%80%9d-mascot-should-be-sent-to-the-penalty-box-for-ncaa-%e2%80%9cfrozen-four%e2%80%9d/ Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Peter Sanfaçon. He is a non-Indian advocate for the elimination of racial stereotypes in the form of sports mascots, nicknames, and logos in high schools, colleges and universities, and in professional sports. Peter now lives in Massachusetts, but he was born and raised ... http://honorindians.com/honorable-mention-peter-sanfacon/ Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Brooktynn Zendejas and Merrill Yesslith. They represented Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School at the National Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) Moot Court Competition. The competition was held at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU, ... http://honorindians.com/honorable-mention-brooktynn-zendejas-and-merrill-yesslith/ We have heard from Loup City about our proposed “new” Red Raider mascot, and apparently you are not too thrilled about it. We have another option for your consideration, which incorporates your existing mascot, but more culturally appropriate. Loup City is a predominately Polish community. We ... http://honorindians.com/mascots-that-honor-loup-city-option-2/ It has been a month since Honor Indians Institute first introduced an alternative “Mascots that Honors” for the Loup City, Nebraska Red Raiders. We opined that it was the most “racist” Indian mascot in Nebraska, and probably the United States. After much examination and discussion, we still stand ... http://honorindians.com/231/ Rachael Mendoza is an enrolled member of the Siksika Nation, which is part of the Blackfoot Confederacy which also consists of the Piikani and Kainaiwa of southern Alberta and the Blackfeet in the State of Montana. Ms. Mendoza is a junior currently attending the University of Nebraska at ... http://honorindians.com/honored-indian-rachael-mendoza/ It has been just over 10 days since Honor Indians Institute suggested “Commit to the Negro” as an alternative to Chicago Blackhawk’s motto of “Commit to the Indian.” Since then, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton as the frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Coincidence? We ... http://honorindians.com/barack-obama-commit-to-the-negro-update/ About a year ago, on March 5, 2007, the School Committee for Natick High School in Natick, Mass., voted to abandon the “Redmen” mascot because some considered it racist and outdated. A new mascot was supposed to be selected and in place for the 2008-09 school year. ... http://honorindians.com/mascots-that-honor-natick-redmen/ Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is gaining a reputation as a modern day “Indian Fighter.” On January 30, 2008, Attorney General Jon Bruning filed suit in the Iowa Federal District Court challenging the National Indian Gaming Commission’s decision that would allow gaming on Ponca Tribal trust land located ... http://honorindians.com/indian-fighter-nebraska-attorney-general-jon-bruning/ TO LOUP CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT I would like to publicly respond to the good people of Loup City, Nebraska, specifically to Kaleb, who I hope to meet some day. Kaleb has questioned my opinion that the Loup City “Red Raider” Indian mascot is the “MOST RACIST INDIAN MASCOT” in ... http://honorindians.com/to-loup-city-public-school-district/ Denis Savard, coach of the National Hockey League Chicago Blackhawks, created quite a stir at a recent post-game press conference, when he urged his team to “Commit to the Indian.” Chicago Blackhawk fans have taken to the quote and some are suggesting adopting it as the “unofficial” team ... http://honorindians.com/%e2%80%9ccommit-to-the-indian%e2%80%9d/ Honor Indians Institute would like to suggest to the good people of Chicago an alternative to the “COMMIT TO THE INDIAN” motto that appears to be taking your city by storm. This slogan is in honor of your very own BARACK OBAMA! With “Super Tuesday” just on the ... http://honorindians.com/commit-to-the-negro/   Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Carolyn K. Fiscus or “Big Momma” as she is affectionately known by her students and colleagues at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and she currently resides on her family farm in ... http://honorindians.com/honored-indian-carolyn-k-fiscus-aka-%e2%80%9cbig-momma-lime-jones%e2%80%9d/ 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. He is currently a internet business consultant with Omniture, Inc., a publicly-traded consulting ... http://honorindians.com/honored-indian-carlos-zendejas/ 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 ... http://honorindians.com/mascots-that-honor-loup-city-red-raiders/