Byline: DEBRA UTACIA KROL
The pressure to stop the use of sports mascots that demean Native Americans continues to grow.
The National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media is gathering at Urbana, Ill., this weekend to campaign for the elimination of Indian mascots and other stereotypes of American Indian people. Urbana is home to the main campus of the University of Illinois, which has one of the most egregious mascots, Chief Illiniwek.
Illiniwek doesn't hold a monopoly on Native-American mascots, though. There's Chief Wahoo of the Cleveland Indians, who runs about drunkenly at baseball games. Other offensive images include the Washington …
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