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Article: Damage control at Dartmouth: anti-American Indian incidents at the Ivy League college create unease for Native students.
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- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- December 28, 2006
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American Indian students at Dartmouth College may be enjoying their winter break more than other students after experiencing a semester marred by what many say was an onslaught of racist attacks against the school's Native community.
Prior to the homecoming game against the College of the Holy Cross, one fraternity sold T-shirts featuring Holy Cross' mascot performing a sex act on an American Indian representing Dartmouth. On Columbus Day, a Native drumming group's performance was crashed by fraternity pledges. And on Dec. 29, the Dartmouth hockey team hosts the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux, whose nickname has angered American Indians because the ...