Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots

Sports fans love to don paint and feathers to cheer on the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Warriors and Chiefs of their hometown high schools. But outside the stadiums, American Indians aren't cheering—they're yelling racism.

School boards and colleges are bombarded with emotional demands from both sides, while professional ...