And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:36:03 EDT Subject: FSU PROTESTS CONTINUE The American Indian Movement of Florida (Florida AIM) continues its protests of Florida State University's use of Indigenous peoples as a sports mascot on September 11, 1999 at Doak Campbell Stadium beginning at 7:00PM The position of Florida AIM as regards FSU is two fold. 1) We demand that FSU do something it has not in the 51 years since it became the Seminoles. Contact the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the non-IRA traditional governments in OK and FL and ask permission to utilize their name adhereing to any consensus decision. This simple respectful act recognizing the sovereignty of the Seminole Nation has never been done with any, let alone all 4 governmental bodies. 2) Remove the stereotypical, racist, and disgraceful depictions of Indigenous peoples. Their mascot is no more Seminole than a Hungarian Gypsy dancer. It looks like a Lakota who got lost in an Apache dressing room riding a Nez Perce horse and clearly panders to the Hollywood stereotypes of Indian peoples-and has to go. Indian peoples are Human Beings and not a sports mascot for America's Fun and Games. Also note that again Florida AIM members were ejected from a publicly owned facility for holding an "offensive banner" that simply stated AMERICAN INDIANS ARE A PEOPLE NOT A SPORTS MASCOT FOR AMERICA'S FUN AND GAMES" WE intend to continue this. Please no drugs no alcohol and no weapons. Thank You Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
