2. AGENDA: ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
▪ IMPACTS ON K-STATE
▪ HISTORY
▪ SUPPORTING RESEARCH: “Not just good fun”
▪ HONOR VS APPROPRIATION
▪ EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENTS
▪ THE GOAL AND STRATEGIES
3. IMPACTS ON K-STATE
▪ Student Recruitment
▪ Student Learning
▪ Faculty/Staff Recruitment
▪ Faculty/Staff Retention
▪ Visitors’ Perspectives of Campus and Community
4. HISTORY:
▪ 1992 and 1999-2001 renewed efforts to oppose the
mascot
▪ 2001 debate ended with death threats to KSU students
▪ 2001 “Board of Education voted to retain the Indian as a symbol of
respect and as an opportunity to learn more about Native
American Culture.” (1)
▪ Visual History of MHS Mascot
5. Fig. 8 The Warrior Indian
Blue M Photo 1983
Fig. 6 above:
1957-’58 Drum Major with Indian
Headdress, Joann Van Valkenburgh
(Goldstein) and twirlers for the band.Fig 7 left: Indian Mosaic (as restored
by the MHSAA) [2006 restoration]
6. TITLE AND CONTENT LAYOUT WITH LIST
ADD YOUR FIRST BULLET POINT HERE
ADD YOUR SECOND BULLET POINT HERE
ADD YOUR THIRD BULLET POINT HERE
The 1941 Blue M had an Indian in red
outlined on a royal blue cover (Fig 2)
Line drawings of a Chief and an Indian woman (Figure 1) graced the
1940 Blue M title page.
7. By the time the MHS West Campus was
built in 1957, the Indian on the front of
Student Handbooks had grown in
sophistication (Figure 3.)
By 1985, Yancey had been asked to
design a new Indian for the Student
Handbook (Fig. 5).
[2001] Brent Yancey was again asked
to design a new MHS Indian chief
(Fig 6).
8. NOT JUST GOOD FUN: THE IMPACT OF “NATIVE”MASCOTS
• Mascot usage affects the entire community.
• Mascot usage lowers self esteem for American Indian and Alaskan Native
adolescents and young adults. Mascot use is not, then, a question of “intent”
(do adherents intend to “honor” or appropriate); changing the mascot is
about the CONCRETE, PROVEN AFFECTS of the practice.
• Mascots foster microaggressions that transform learning environments into
hostile environments.
• Your Research Homework Assignment: READ Erik Stegman and Victoria Phillips,
Missing the Point: The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on
American Indian and Alaska Native Youth. Center for American Progress, 2014.
(available online—see your handout) (2)
9. HONOR VS APPROPRIATION
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Racism perpetuated by government entities such as schools, the courts or the
military. Unlike the racism perpetuated by individuals, institutional racism has the
power to negatively affect the bulk of people belonging to a racial group. Also
known as institutional oppression.
THE “TRIBE” CURRICULUM at the school and in the community
• EX. “Tribe Time,” Cub Scouts “Arrow of Light,” Business Windows with MHS
athletic events, bumper stickers, MHS parking stickers, attire in the community
• http://mhsalumniassociation.org/mentor/issues/Mentor_3_1.pdf
10. EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENTS
▪ USD 383 High School Handbook: Notice of Non-Discrimination, January 29, 2014
“The District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides
equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.”
▪ MHS Principal Greg Hoyt’s Welcome to Manhattan High School (excerpt)
“The caring and dedicated staff at Manhattan High School is pleased to partner with you in
the education of your child, and devote our efforts in delivering a quality education that is
firmly grounded in rigor, relevance, relationships, results, and building a responsive culture
for each and every student.
USD 383 School Board Mission: “Our Mission is to educate each student to be a
contributing citizen in a changing, diverse society. We are committed to providing the best
educational experience for our students”
▪ School Board Member Ethics, Adopted: 5/05 (excerpt)
“Remember that the first and greatest concern must be the educational welfare of the
students attending the public schools.”
11. GOALS AND STRATEGIES
▪ Opportunity to shape the search
for the next USD 383
Superintendent- Wed, Dec 14
▪ 12pm Parents/Community
▪ 1pm KSU Community
▪ 2pm Fort Riley
▪ 3pm Chamber of Commerce
▪ 5pm Parents/Community
▪ Robinson Education Center,
▪ Elevator Speech (2 min)
▪ What’s Next?
FORUM ON NEW
SUPERINTENDENT
AT USD383
NEED
CONTACTS
ELEVATOR
SPEECH
12. YOUR VOICE
▪ WHAT IDEAS OR BEST PRACTICES CAN YOU SUGGEST?
▪ DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE MASCOT?
▪ WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OF THE “TRIBE” CURRICULUM?
13. NEXT STEPS
▪ Funding Search help
▪ Contacts in the Community:
▪ MHS Alumni Association
▪ School Board Members (USD383,
Junction City, others)
▪ MHS Booster Club members
▪ Business Owners who display MHS
elements
▪ MHS Faculty, Staff and Students
▪ INTERNAL
▪ Need Communications help—
Listserv
▪ “ReimageMHK”
▪ NEXT MEETING DATE
▪ Wednesday, JAN 27, 2016
▪ 6:00 p.m.
▪ IDEAS FOR MEETING SPACES?
14. RESOURCES CITED
1. http://mhsalumniassociation.org/mentor/issues/Mentor_3_1.pdf
2. Stegman, Erik and Victoria Phillips Missing the Point: The Real
Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian
and Alaska Native Youth. Center for American Progress, 2014.
https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/07/StegmanAIANmascots-reportv2.pdf
