162DAVID ANTHONY TYEEME CLARK53.54.55.56.57.58.the practices used by schools, colleges, and universities to defend their ndian�mascots. Matthew Cella, any Schools Keep Indian Logos,�Washington Times, March 4, 2002, accessed May 14, 2002, available from http://www.washtimes.com/metro/default_20023422330.htm. Brian Ojanpa, oll Drops Bomb on Indian Nickname, Mascot Issue,�Mankato Free Press, March 11, 2002, accessed August 31, 2003, available from http://www.mankatofreepress.com/archives/columns/bo020311.html. ditorial: Change in Nickname Strategy,�Grand Forks Herald, March 7, 2002, accessed August 27, 2003, available from http://www.grandforks.com/ mld/grandforksherald/news/opinion/2808472.htm. For the context of the struggle in Grand Forks, see Ral Tovares, ascot Matters: Race, History, and the University of North Dakota ighting Sioux�Logo,�Journal of Communication Inquiry 26 (January 2002): 76�4. Departing from sentiments expressed among other members of the Herald editorial board, Dorreen Yellow Bird suggested the market research poll might have its own problems. See Dorreen Yellow Bird, on Take Sports Illustrated Poll at Face Value,�Grand Forks Herald, March 9, 2002, accessed August 31, 2003, available from http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforksherald/news/opinion/2824341.htm. While the methodology used in the Ross survey has been examined by two courts and an expert commissioned by Pro-Football, Inc., the methodology used by the Harris group has not been made available for public scrutiny. For a thoughtful discussion regarding the telephone survey conducted by the Peter Harris Research Group, see King, et al., f Polls and Race Prejudice,�386�91; and Staurowsky, Tale of Two Surveys.�Citing Sports Illustrated he Indian Wars�continues among pro-mascot advocates. See, for instance, Craig Sondgeroth, Great Mascot,�Daily Illini, September 9, 2004, accessed September 9, 2004, available from http://dailyillini.collegepublisher.com/news/2004/09/09/Opinions/A.Great.Mascot�13509.shtml, who cites the Peter Harris Research Group findings to confidentlynd incorrectlyssert that merican Indians overwhelmingly support the Chief [Illiniwek].�The endorsement of Indian nations and Indian advocacy groups in California defies this fallacious claim. See, for instance, James May, ascot Bill Fails for Second Time in California,�Indian Country Today, June 23, 2003, accessed May 17, 2004, available from http://indiancountry.com/1056374954; and Robert Gemmell, alifornia Anti-Mascot Bill Clears First Hurdle,�Indian Country Today, April 8, 2002, accessed May 17, 2004, available from http://indiancountry.com/1018184927. See also B 858 (Goldberg) Support List,�accessed May 17, 2004, available from http://www.allarm.org/supportlist.html. AB 858 Assembly Bill, February 20, 2003, accessed May 13, 2004, available from http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0851�900/ab_858_bill_20030220_ introduced.html. Southern California Indian Center, Inc. is a non-profit 501 c(3) community-based organization serving the American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian communities of Los Angeles, Orange, Kern and Riverside Counties.
