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Identifier
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GG9
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Title
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Native American Council Addresses Peers
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Description
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In a letter to an undated freshman class, likely at the end of the 1970s, the Native American Council acknowledges that many members of the College community continue to embrace the Indian symbol even after its removal. The Council found it necessary to remind students that continued use of the symbol will “obscure problems never solved,” citing the higher rates of “disease, alcoholism, suicide, and poverty” in Native communities. The letter discourages the symbol’s use, much like the Board of Trustees discouraged its use in 1974, because no official action could be taken to remove a symbol never adopted by the College itself.
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Creator
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Native American Council
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Date Created
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Unknown
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Publisher
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Rauner Special Collections Library
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Bibliographic Citation
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Native American Council. "Memo To: The Freshman Class." Rauner Special Collections Library.
