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From: "CATHERINE DAVIDS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 10:21:57 EDT
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Several years ago the Michigan Commission on Civil Rights completed a
study about the usage of American Indian names and images as sport
team logos, etc. The MCCR determined that this use has a
dehumanizing and damaging impact on American Indian people
throughout the State of Michigan. Instead of compelling the offending
schools to change their sports team names and logos, the MCCR
"suggested" that the schools change. Very few schools complied with
the study or recommendation, but Eastern Michigan University was one
school whose President, Robert Shelton, acted quickly on behalf of the
American Indian people in Michigan. EMU changed their name and
logo from the "Hurons" to the "Eagles." There has not been a time since
that change when the EMU alumni association, The Huron Restoration
Committee, has not been spending thousands-and-thousands of dollars
to get the "Huron name and logo" restored as EMU's sports designation.
Shelton is getting ready to retire and the Huron Restorataion Committee
has escalated their efforts. Several of the American Indian students at
EMU have received threats and the young woman leading the efforts
against the restoration has had her car vandalized...to destruction. The
Huron Restoration Committee has branched out from just being foolish
and stupid to foolish, stupid, and violent. Violence directed towards
American Indian people is on the increase in the United States and we
simply cannot sit back and allow this to happen. American Indian
people at EMU and in the area of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor are planning
a protest march next Wednesday (December 8th). Three sites in
Ypsilanti will be picketed: (8:00-8:30 a.m.) Gene Butman Ford which is
selling "Huron" license plate frames; (8:30-9:00 a.m.) Elmer Realty
Agency which has a "Huron" sign in their window; and (9:00-9:30
a.m.)ABC Cleaners which is no longer a dry cleaning establishment...the
now sell promotional items with the "Huron" name and logo. We will
meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Safehouse at 4100 Clark Road in Ann Arbor.
Please support this effort which is being organized by Esther Marcus of
Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area. Bring signs. Wear warm clothing. Bring
others. We need to give strong support to the American Indian/Latino
students at EMU and to the community that surrounds them. For more
information please call Esther at 973-0242, extension 216 or call me at
810-762-3328.
Catherine Davids
Flint, Michigan
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