Chief Illiniwek Intake Session
On April 14, 2000, Judge Louis B. Garippo, former judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, moderated a day-long intake session at Foellinger Auditorium at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The purpose to allow members of the community to voice their views concerning the appropriateness and impact of Chief Illiniwek as a symbol of the University of Illinois. The intake session was part of a University-wide Dialogue on Chief Illiniwek established by the Board of Trustees. Statements were given by Chief supporters, opponents, faculty, staff, students, and Native Americans.
Listen to the entire session
(4 parts, 6 hours total)
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
Statements of the participants
Click on the names of each speaker below to hear their statements, presented in the order of their appearance:
Howard Wakeland, Save the Chief organization
Debbie Reese, University of Illinois Student
Charlene Teters, University of Illinois Alum
Rick Legue, University of Illinois Alum and past Chief Illiniwek
Dawn Neisen, President of Students for Chief Illiniwek
Mike Drish, Chairman of Research and Alumni Relations for Students for Chief Illiniwek
Michael Haney, executive director of the American Indian Arbitration Institute
Hank Hanneken, President of the University of Illinois Dad’s Association
William J. Roberts, Representing James Yellow Banks
Jean Edwards, Chairman of Citizens for Chief Illiniwek
Brooke Anderson, University of Illinois Student and the Co-Coordinator of the Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
John Mamminga, Chief Illiniwek Educational Foundation
Christine Redcloud, The American Indian Center of Chicago
Anthony Enright, College Republicans at the University of Illinois
Faith Smith, President of the Native American Educational Services College
Roger Huddleston, Chief Illiniwek Support Fund
Rosalyn LaPier, Vice-Chairperson for the city of Evanston Human Relations Commission
Brian Silverman, Attorney from Champaign, IL
R.J. Smith, Director of the Urban Natives of Chicago Youth Council
Vanessa Casillas, Co-President of Urban Natives of Chicago Youth Council
Jayne Blacker, University of Illinois at Chicago Student
Beverly Moser, Director of the Institute for Native American Development
Imani Bazzell, Women Against Racism
Stephen Kaufman, Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Illinois
John Madigan, then-current Chief Illiniwek
Paula Ostrovsky, Public Relations Officer and Press Officer for the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media
John Menees, University of Illinois Alum
Belden Fields, University of Illinois Alum and Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois
Ralph Trimble, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Illinois
Roger Simms, University of Illinois Alum
Linda Duke, University of Illinois Alum and Staff Member of Krannert Art Museum
Brenda Farnell, Faculty Member in Anthropology and a Specialist in American Indian studies at the University of Illinois
J. Michael O’Byrne, University of Illinois Alum
Jay Rosenstein, University of Illinois Alum
Neena Hemmady, University of Illinois Alum
Michael Mondelli, University of Illinois Student
Wayne Crue, Sixth-Grader at Edison Middle School in Champaign, IL
Cyd Crue, University of Illinois Doctoral Student
Leanne Reetz, University of Illinois Student
Frederick Hoxie, Professor of History at the University of Illinois
David Fried, University of Illinois Graduate Student
Alma Gottlieb, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois
Robert Morgan, University of Illinois Students
Rebecca Crummey, University of Illinois Alum and Director of the University of Illinois YMCA
Adam Chaddock, University of Illinois Law Student
Paul Hixson, University of Illinois Alum
Dennis Payne, American Indian Movement
Laura Schmitt, University of Illinois Alum
Lynda Long-Fainter, Board Member of the American Indian Council of Illinois
Elaine Gehrmann, Co-Pastor of the Unitarian and Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign
Janna McGregor, University of Illinois Student and member of the Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
Henry Emerle, University of Illinois Student
Lisa Johnson, Representative of the Social Justice Committee of the School of Social Work
Andy Erickson, University of Illinois Student
Joe Peralez, Member of the American Indian Movement
Roxie Grignon, Executive Director for the Native American Foster Parents Association and the Indian Child Welfare Agency
Todd Isler, Champaign Resident
Jake Cramer-Heuerman, University of Illinois Alum
Bruce Two Eagles, American Indian
Monica Garreton, University of Illinois Student
Norman Denzin, Professor of Communications and Sociology at the University of Illinois
Fred Cash, University of Illinois Alum and Past Chief Illiniwek
Dino Pollock, University of Illinois Graduate Student
Agnes Simms, area Resident
Carol Spindel, Adjunct Faculty Member in the Department of English at the University of Illinois
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