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Syracuse mascot |
by Michael Feltes
mfeltes (nospam) shimer.edu (unverified) |
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18 Apr 2004
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Actually, Syracuse made the right decision about this very issue over 25 years ago.
In 1978, the members of a Native American student organization headed a protest against using the Saltine Warrior as an athletic mascot. Onondagan Chief Oren Lyons, a 1958 alumnus and former SU lacrosse star, explained that it's "all in the presentation...The thing that offended me when I was there was that guy running around like a nut. That's derogatory" (Daily Orange, March 23, 1976, p. 5). The Saltine Warrior was subsequently "sidelined" and a contest for successor ensued (Daily Orange, February 12, 1978).
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