The whiney, attention whore activists really do become tiresome. Mascots are picked for postive, admirable attributes and no one is stereotyping or making fun of Native Americans. And there are plenty of Euro based mascots.
The Tennessee Volunteer with the Blue Tick Hound.
The Fighting Irish Leprechaun.
The Mountaineer with his coonskin cap and musket.
The Minutemen.
The Patriots
The Viking with the horned hat.
The 49ers
The Cowboys in all the cowboy get up.
The Sooners in their covered wagon
The Trojans and Spartans
The Tar Heels
The Cavaliers
The Packers
The Yankees
The Buccaneers
And those are only a few of the total mascots based on people of European descent, and all those mascots act up and get into the spirit of things during competitions.