He argues American Indian team names simply did not and could not connote respect in the age when they emerged. “These were bad times,” Gover tells USA TODAY Sports. “It was as bad as Native ...

When you ask how we understand and make sense of Indian last names, we must appreciate that it's a modern American practice to have a first name, a surname, or a Christian name and a surname.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Paul Chaat Smith,Associate Curator at the “Trail of Tears” gallery at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C ...

BARBERTON, Ohio -- Why hasn’t the fuss over sport teams’ Native American mascots and names gone away, especially since “Chief Wahoo” and the “Indians” of Cleveland baseball and the ...

The Navy will name a future Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship after an American Indian activist from Washington state who spent decades fighting for tribal fishing rights. The USNS ...

In this country, where everyone is over sensitive to racism – and hell-bent on name changes – we should adopt the American Indian way of naming people for who they are and what they do. Years ago I ...

The longstanding cooperation between the University of Utah and the Ute Indian Tribe stands in stark contrast to Education ...