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March 13, 2007
About Time
Illinois retires Chief logo and name
The University of Illinois swept aside the last vestiges of Chief Illiniwek on Tuesday, voting to retire the mascot's name, regalia and image.The school will continue to call its sports teams the Fighting Illini under the resolution. Chancellor Richard Herman is to decide how and when Chief Illiniwek's name and image will stop being used and licensed to apparel makers and others.
Activists and some American Indians have long complained the chief is demeaning. Backers defend him as an honorable tradition.
The school decided in February to end performances of the chief, leading the NCAA to lift sanctions that had barred Illinois from hosting postseason sports since 2005. The NCAA had deemed Illiniwek - portrayed since 1926 by buckskin-clad students who danced at home football and basketball games and other sports events - an offensive use of American Indian imagery.
Posted by Mike at March 13, 2007 07:26 PM
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