Florida State University Seminole mascot files, 1949-2005 (inclusive) (bulk 1992-1995).

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Florida State University Seminole mascot files, 1949-2005 (inclusive) (bulk 1992-1995).

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This collection, largely comprised of newspaper clippings and correspondence, documents the controversy from 1991 through 2005 over FSU's use of Native American names and symbols representing Renegade and Chief Osceola, the Seminoles' Native American mascot, and its use in athletic merchandise. There is correspondence between representatives of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Florida Creek Indian Council with FSU reaffirming support for the Seminole name and Marching Chiefs over the use of the Seminole name, war chant, and "tomahawk chop" and letters between university officials about the President Dale Lick's Presidential Study Group on the Use of Seminole Symbolism and Tradition during the early 1990's. In addition, there are prints of early FSU Seminole football players, cheerleaders, and an FSU Homecoming Princess. Frequently cited individuals include James Billie, Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Michael Haney, an American Indian activist and elected official of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Dale W. Lick, FSU President, and James Anthony Paredes, an FSU faculty member and expert in contemporary North American Indians and applied anthropology. The collection is historically significant to researchers studying the controversial use of Native American mascots on sports teams.

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