Prejudicial reactions to the removal of Native American mascots

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843022110408
Author(s):  
Tyler Jimenez ◽  
Jamie Arndt ◽  
Peter J. Helm
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Location Study ◽  
Chief Illiniwek ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chief Wahoo

As Native American mascots are discontinued, research is needed to understand the impact on intergroup relations. Such discontinuations may be threatening to some and increase prejudice against Native Americans. In Study 1 ( N = 389), exposure to information about a Native American mascot removal increased punitive judgments against a Native American in a hypothetical legal scenario, particularly among those high in racial colorblindness and those residing in the implicated geographical location. Study 2 ( N = 358,644) conceptually replicated and extended these findings, using population-level implicit bias data to perform a natural quasi-experiment. Prejudice against Native Americans increased in the year following the removal of two Native American mascots: “Chief Illiniwek” and “Chief Wahoo.” However, in the case of Chief Illiniwek, the effect diminished after 6 years. Together, the studies contribute to understanding the psychological impact of Native American mascots, offering a first look at how their removal influence intergroup relations.

The Impact of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) on University and Professional School Admissions and the Implications for the California Economy

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia A. Conrad ◽  
Rhonda V. Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
The Impact

Using data from the University of California and results from previously published research on the returns to higher education, this article presents a preliminary evaluation of the impact of ending affirmative action in admissions at a large, publicly funded university. At the undergraduate level, eliminating race as a factor in the admissions process will redistribute African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans away from the most competitive campuses (UC-Berkeley, UCLA, UC-San Diego) towards the less competitive campuses in the California State University system. This redistribution will lower the returns to schooling for those affected groups and could have a negative impact on the educational environment for all students. Affirmative action will, in the short run, reduce the number of African American, Mexican American, and Native American students admitted and, in the long run, will have an adverse effect on the delivery of legal and health care services to those racial and ethnic groups.

Gi-gikinomaage-min (we are all teachers): using history to give voice to urban native American communities

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Shell-Weiss ◽  
Belinda Bardwell
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Grand Rapids ◽  
The Impact

This article explores one developing model for framing ethical, mutually beneficial collaborations between a predominantly White, non-tribal serving university and urban Native American communities. Called Gi-gikinomaage-min (We are all teachers): Defend our History, Unlock Your Spirit, this oral history documentation initiative is informed by the developing literature on best practices for archiving Native American resources as well as by revolutionary critical pedagogy. Focusing on the impact of federal Urban Relocation Programs, the project is the first collaborative effort to focus on documenting experiences of Native Americans in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metropolitan area to create a publicly accessible archive of material that can be used for teaching, research, and other educational purposes. By reflecting on the work of this project to date, we aim for these efforts to become part of the larger, international conversation.

Knowledge creation and exploitation in Italian universities: the role of internal policies for patent activity

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 952-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Romano ◽  
Manlio Del Giudice ◽  
Melita Nicotra
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Location ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Patent Activity ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Location Study ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims at identifying factors that might affect academic patent activities. It investigates the characteristics of universities acting on the number of academic patents, thus classifying elements of differentiation among universities able to determine the level of patent activity. Design/methodology/approach – Three hypotheses are tested through a regression analysis, considering various academic variables. Findings – Results demonstrate that the patent activity is mainly influenced by the presence of universities’ internal policies that regulate such a field. The adoption of a regulation is a signal for academics of the university inclination and attempt to develop an environment conducive to patent activities, and to offer structured support to inventors in the different phases of the patenting process. Research limitations – The study, as it focuses on a single country, Italy, may reflect some peculiarities of the national system. Future research may extend it to different geographical areas in which institutional and environmental factors are different, or, maintaining the geographical location, study the impact of institutional factors to the change over time in the rate of patenting universities. Originality/value – Unlike the great number of studies which focus on institutional factors affecting university patent activity, the present study explores the academic elements able to valorize and exploit scientific knowledge, providing also a practical guidance for university governance.

Joseph Johnson's Lost Gamuts: Native Hymnody, Materials of Exchange, and the Colonialist Archive

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-507
Author(s):  
GLENDA GOODMAN
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Sacred Music ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Native Community ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Land Transfer ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn the winter of 1772–1773, Joseph Johnson (Mohegan/Brothertown) copied musical notation into eight books for Christian Native Americans in Farmington, Connecticut, a town established by English settler colonists on the land known as Tunxis Sepus. Johnson did so because, as he wrote in his diary, “The indians are all desireous of haveing Gamuts.” Johnson's “gamuts” have not survived, but their erstwhile existence reveals hymnody's important role within the Native community in Farmington as well as cross-culturally with the English settler colonists. In order to reconstruct the missing music books and assess their sociocultural significance, this article proposes a surrogate bibliography, gathering a constellation of sources among which Johnson's books would have circulated and gained meaning for Native American Christians and English colonists (including other printed and manuscript music, wampum, and legal documents pertaining to land transfer). By bringing together this multi-modal network of materials, this essay seeks to redress the material and epistemological effects of a colonialist archive. On one level, this is a case study that focuses on a short period of time in order to document the impact on sacred music of conversion, literacy, shifting intercultural relations, and a drive to preserve sovereignty. On another, this article presents a methodological intervention for dealing with lost materials and colonialist archives without recourse to discourses of recovery or discovery, the latter of which is considered through the framework of what I term “archival orientalism.”

Abstract 217: Racial Disparities in Echocardiography Use Within The Veterans Administration and Medicare Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheeva Rajaei ◽  
Peter Groeneveld ◽  
John Teerlink ◽  
Mary Whooley ◽  
Mintu Turakhia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Medicare Data ◽  
Veterans Healthcare Administration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive

Background: There is increasing interest in understanding the factors that influence the use of diagnostic imaging in heart failure in US health systems. However, there is limited data examining overall use and the impact of racial disparities in the VA and Medicare. Methods: We analyzed Veterans Healthcare Administration (VA) and Medicare data from 2002 to 2009 to identify veteran patients above the age of sixty-five with a diagnosis of heart failure for at least 1 year. Patients receiving care in both systems were excluded. We examined patients undergoing echocardiography and scintigraphy each year by race and system of care. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed adjusting for age, gender and comorbidities. Results: A total of 2,917,307 veteran patients were included (263,778 in VA and 1,698,497 in Medicare). Overall use of echocardiography each year was 45.6% for Whites, 51.9% for Asians, 43.2% for Blacks, 39.7% for Hispanics, 42.0% for Pacific Islanders, 40.9% for Native-American and 48.1% for Other. The adjusted odds ratio of undergoing echocardiography was higher for Asians in both systems compared to Whites (Figure). In Medicare, use was lower for Native Americans, Blacks and Hispanics compared to Whites. In the VA, use among Blacks and Hispanics was higher than Whites. Conclusion: There are significant differences in echocardiography use between the VA and Medicare systems by race for veterans with heart failure. Whites were more likely to receive echocardiography compared to most races in Medicare but not in the VA.

Partisanship and Non-Partisanship Among American Indians

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey W. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
American Society ◽  
The Impact

This research examines the partisan inclinations of American Indians, a minority population with a complicated history with the U.S. government and American society. The empirical analyses identify Native Americans as preferring the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. The impact of being Native American on identification with the Democratic Party is sizable, equivalent to the effect for being Hispanic, Asian, or female. In addition, American Indians demonstrate a pronounced tendency to not affiliate with a major American political party. The higher incidence of non-identification among Native Americans likely results from the importance of their claims for sovereignty and, relatedly, living separate from much of American society. Unlike other broad-based social groups in American politics, Native Americans disseminate cues that reduce the tendency of their members to affiliate with a major political party.

Native American sports mascots activate negative stereotypes about contemporary Native Americans

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Focella ◽  
Jessica Whitehead ◽  
Jeff Stone ◽  
Stephanie Fryberg ◽  
Rebecca Covarrubias
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Negative Stereotypes

Native Americans and the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
LaNada War Jack
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Third World ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The University

The author reflects on her personal experience as a Native American at UC Berkeley in the 1960s as well as on her activism and important leadership roles in the 1969 Third World Liberation Front student strike, which had as its goal the creation of an interdisciplinary Third World College at the university.

Indian Genocide – A Study Through The Works of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Poonam Chourey
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Native People ◽  
The South ◽  
The People ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
Purpose Of Business ◽  
Wounded Knee ◽  
Shed Light

The research expounded the turmoil, uproar, anguish, pain, and agony faced by native Indians and Native Americans in the South Dakota region.  To explain the grief, pain and lamentation, this research studies the works of Elizabeth Cook-Lyn.  She laments for the people who died and also survived in the Wounded Knee Massacre.  The people at that time went through huge exploitation and tolerated the cruelty of American Federal government. This research brings out the unchangeable scenario of the Native Americans and Native Indians.  Mr. Padmanaban shed light on the works of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn who was activist.  Mr. Padmanaban is very influenced with Elizabeth Cook-Lynn’s thoughts and works. She hails from Sioux Community, a Native American.  She was an outstanding and exceptional scholar.  She experienced the agony and pain faced by the native people.  The researcher, Mr. Padmanaban is concerned the sufferings, agony, pain faced by the South Dakota people at that time.  The researcher also is acknowledging the Indian freedom fighters who got India independence after over 200 years of sufferings.  The foreign nationals entered our country with the sole purpose of business.  Slowly and steadily the took over the reign of the country and ruled us for years, made all of us suffer a lot.

Use of Nutrition Information and Understanding of “Percent Daily Value” on Nutrition Facts Tables: Evaluating the Impact of a National Public Education Campaign among Youth and Young Adults in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Cormier ◽  
Lana Vanderlee ◽  
David Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Population Level ◽  
Correct Recall ◽  
Nutrition Information ◽  
Education Campaign ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Public Education Campaign ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Campaign Message ◽  
Health Canada ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: In 2010, Health Canada implemented a national campaign to improve understanding of “percent daily value” (%DV) in Nutrition Facts Tables (NFTs). This study examined sources of nutrition information and knowledge of %DV information communicated in the campaign. Methods: Respondents aged 16–30 years completed the Canada Food Study in 2016 (n = 2665). Measures included sources of nutrition information, NFT use, and %DV knowledge based on the campaign message (“5% DV or less is a little; 15% DV or more is a lot”). A logistic regression examined correlates of providing “correct” responses to %DV questions related to the campaign messaging. Results: Overall, 7.2% (n = 191) respondents correctly indicated that 5% is “a little”, and 4.3% (n = 115) correctly indicated 15% DV was “a lot”. Only 4.0% (n = 107) correctly answered both. Correct recall of %DV amounts was not associated with number of information sources reported, but was greater among those who were female, were younger, and reported greater NFT understanding and serving size information use (P < 0.05 for all). Conclusions: Results show low awareness of messaging from the Nutrition Facts Education Campaign among young Canadians. Such a mass media campaign may be insufficient on its own to enhance population-level understanding of %DV.

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