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Board says to review team names
TOPPENISH. Wash. (AP) — School districts
should review the use of nicknames for sports loams
and mascots to ensure they are not offensive, the
stole Board of Education has decided
The board met Friday on the Yakima Indian
Reservation, where it heard emotional testimony
from Indians who said team names like Chiefs and
Redskins are offensive
"If you want to honor Indian people. 1 suggest
you name mountains after us." said 1 xiretta Wilson,
a member of the Yakima Tribe who wept through
out her statement to the board.
Some members of area tribes said they had no
problem with such nicknames, however
The panel slopped short of recommending that
Indian names be dropped after several members
argued the issue should be decided at the local lev
el.
"If we take a stand, we could hurt some schools
and tribes as well as possibly help others," said
Marvin Norman, a board member from Enumclaw.
The board also decided that all mascots, nick
names and school names should he reviewed.
"This is bigger than Native Americans." said
Dorothy Hollingsworth of Seattle, the board's only
black member. "If next year this is about niggers.
I d feel equally hurt."
Kathleen Anderson of Coupeville, the board pres
ident. was directed to write a letter to the state's
29fi school districts asking them to review their use
of mascots and other symbols, and to involve the
community in the reviews. The districts will be
asked to report back to the board.
The state board does not have the power to ban
nicknames that some groups might find offensive.
Only the Legislature uin do that.
There are about 31 high school teams with nick
names that could lie associated with Indians, accord
ing to the board. Elementary and middle schools
also use such names.
It was n coincidence that Friday’s long-scheduled
meeting was in the towering Winter Lodge build
ing of the state's largest tribe But tlu* location
ensured plenty of testimony
Wilson, of Kennewii k. wept during iter lengthy
di*s» option of tlie humiliation such team nicknames
have caused her family
"I'm sure that there are Indian children in real
distress over this today," she told the hoard.
Wilson ns ountod how her daughter, a high school
volleyball player, was called Saiajawea by other
students, who also sometimes made tomahawk
i hop gestures in her direr tion
"1 consider that < ultural harassment.' Wilson
said
'If you want to honor Indian
people, I suggest you name
mountains after us.*
— Loretta Wilson,
Yakima Tribe member
Ioanna Meninick. a member of the Yakima Trib
al Council, opened her presentation with a lengthy
speech in the Yakima language
When she translated, it was a searing story of
being sent away at the age of five to English-speak
ing schools, where she was taught to ignore her lan
guage and her family's religious beliefs and values.
"1 was whipped and beaten by your government."
she told the board. "Now who is civilizing who?"
Many speakers criticized the Washington Red
skins football team for using that nickname in the
nation's capital.
"Utilize your own names.” Meninick demanded.
Indian titles such as chief have specific meanings
of respect, and should not be demeaned by inap
propriate use. she said.
Kugie I-ouis of the Colville Tribe, executive direc
tor of the National Indian Athletic Association, said
he considers use of Indian mascots a<x:eptable if the
depiction is dignified.
“1 would angrily denounce references that degrade
Indians," Louis said.
Don Hatch, a Tulalip Tribes member and a
Marysville school board director, said he opposes
a Iran on Indian mascots.
“If vou take any of it away you are going to take
[Mirt of the culture away," said Hatch, who was wear
ing an Atlanta Braves jacket and Pilchuck Toma
hawks shirt.
Stan Jones, chairman of the Tulalip Tribes, said
the Marysville-Pilchuck High School's Tomahawks
nickname honors Indians.
Mike Coibrese, the director of the Washington
Intercollegiate Athletic Association, said the orga
nization's Ixiard voted earlier this month not to take
a position on the issue.
' The board of the WIAA believes this is a local
issue." Coibrese said.
Patricia Martin, direc tor of Indian education for
the state, said the use of Indian mascots has a neg
ative impact on Indian students
In rec ent years some Indian groups have asked
professional sports teams like the Washington Red
skins and Atlanta Braves to change their names
The stales of Minnesota and Wisconsin have
banned use of Indian mascots.
Portland girl has fun in new movie
PORTLAND (API — An 11
yoar-old Beaverton girl sa\s she
met lots of interesting people
while making The Joy Luck
Club.
Melanie Chang plass the lead
character, )une. as a young girl
in the film version of Amy Tan's
popular novel
Her family traveled to San
I rani im o earlier this month for
a screening of the movie.
Melanie and her mother.
Annette, also attended the Port
land premiere this week.
Her piano-playing skill and
fluency in Mandarin and Can
tonese helped her land the part.
Melanie says all her friends
want to see the movie. They're
excited because their parents
will let them go even though it
is rated ''R.”
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