Posted on 09/08/2001 1:14:09 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
About two dozen Poolesville, Md. residents rallied in front of their town's high school last night before the football team's first game to defend their heritage and their "Indians."
For residents of the town of 5,100, it was an opportunity to respond to the Montgomery County Board of Education's decision late last month to override Poolesville's community vote to retain the nickname "Indians."
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
The students began debating how to make the name and image less objectionable, and came up with a novel idea: They would keep the Savages moniker, but change the look of the logo so it would not resemble an American Indian. Local artist Chris Burnett drew a warrior on horseback wearing feathers and carrying a long spear, but with decidedly lighter skin and long, dark blond hair.
It came out looking something like a Germanic barbarian, like a Conan," Mrs. Giddings said, referring to the sword-and-sorcery hero. "It's not an Indian savage."
Given this, the Indians could just change their logo to a likeness of, say, Ghandi.
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