Staff Favorites: Chief Illiniwek, Producers Pick Standout Moments
From August 4: In December, the Cleveland Indians MLB team announced it will drop the “Indians” nickname after the 2021 season. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who retired their race-based mascot, Chief Illiniwek, 13 years ago. Yet the depiction continues to endure, with some even calling for the mascot to be restored.
Guests:
Lee Gaines, education reporter for Illinois Newsroom The Retired University Of Illinois Mascot Still Lingers On Campus
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, former professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and now Head of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona, and a member of the Hopi Tribe
Carol Spindel, writer, retired lecturer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and author of Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy Over American Indian
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