this topic always amuses me...like someone just said the fight irish is "dirogatory" but you dont here the Irish complaining...the San Diego Padres is "dirogatory" towards Catholics...no Catholics are complaining...yet the Native Americans find this to be ofensive...its strange to me, but that is just my opinion...
I took a class in college on Native American culture, and my paper/presentation was on this topic. The class was taught by a Iroquois Indian, and he encouraged us to speak freely and not both sides in arguments such as these...so I argued both sides, but found the arguments for the Native American side to hold no weight, I mean its rediculous to me that they find it insulting...We are honoring them by naming our multi-million dollar franchises after them...its insane...im Irish, and I dont give a rats behind that Notre Dame calls its sports team the Fighting Irish.