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Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy. C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood, eds. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. 356 pp.
Team Spirits presents an overview of the debates and conflicts surrounding the use of American Indian figures and imagery as mascots for sports teams. The majority of the chapters in this volume edited by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood examine the histories and controversies over mascots at colleges and universities, including Syracuse, Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Michigan, Florida State, Illinois, Springfield College (Massachusetts), and Marquette. Two more chronicle the battles over Indian mascots for professional sports teams, specifically the Cleveland Indians (Ellen Staurowsky) and the Washington Redskins (Suzan Shown Harjo), and one chapter recounts the unique history of the only all-Indian professional football team, the...