I've never bought all this crap that all the Native Americans (by the way, all my "Native American" friends in college referred to themselves as Indians) were all so outraged by all this. The college I attended in the early 80's had quite a large Indian representation in the student body due not only to its proximity to several reservations, but also due to the fact that if you could show that you were at least one-quarter "Native American" you could attend without having to pay tuition.
My "Native American" friends were all too busy studying and trying to earn a degree to worry about the PC crap. They thought it was mostly started by some dumb white kids with too much of mommy and daddy's money and too much time on their hands.
Perhaps the climate has changed there over the years. I haven't set foot on campus in quite some time, but I believe this whole issue over a team mascot being offensive has been blown way out of proportion.