Indian River Indigenous Peoples
January 4th, 2007 by Dan GaffneyHas Sussex County high school, Indian River bowed down to the winds of political correctness by deemphasizing the nickname “Indians� The only time I see the nickname used is on the sports pages:
Indians split at Lions tournament
Indians 79, Warriors 55
I don’t see the old Indian logo, or mention of the name Indians, anywhere on the schools web site.  Look around for yourself. It may be mentioned somewhere but I can’t find it.  If the district is trying to move away from being potentially offensive, let us at least pick a new name like Indian River Cougars, or Power Plants, or…any ideas?Â
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UPDATE: I did see an “Indian” on the web site! The cover of the school yearbook is shown, with a guy in full headdress. Shhhhhh, don’t tell the National Congress of American Indians.
January 4th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
How about, “The Politically Correct Cougars”?
January 4th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Maybe we can name them after a flower- The Indian River Pansies.
January 5th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Could be worse…could be the Redskins. A name that is offensive to both Native Americans and the fans themselves.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Remember back in the mid 90’s as Washington D.C.’s murder rate rose to a level of over 400 murders a year for 5 consecutive years. The Landover Md. based “WASHINGTON BULLETS” worried that the name carried violent overtones - the first thought was to just call the team “THE BULLETS”. They later decided in 1995 to change the name to the “WASHINGTON WIZARDS”.