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Source: Inside Higher Ed

5-4-15

Historian says Indian mascots remain popular even at schools that dropped them

In an interview Jennifer Guiliano, author of "Indian Spectacle: College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America," says "there lingers this intense community obsession."

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Historian says Indian mascots remain popular even at schools that dropped them