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Article: SCHOOL'S NICKNAME FUELS FURY AMERICAN INDIANS MARCH AGAINST `REDS' MONIKER.(City Desk/Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- May 20, 2002
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Byline: Owen S. Good
News Staff Writer
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CORRECTION PUBLISHED MAY 21, 2002 FOLLOWS: A list on Page 6A Monday incorrectly said that Arvada, Centaurus, Mitchell, Montbello, Ranum and Regis Jesuit high schools had Native American mascots.
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EATON -- Three hundred marchers demonstrated against Eaton High School's use of an American Indian nickname Sunday, hours before the school held graduation.
The mile-long march, with drumming and singing, drew more silent stares than outrage from onlookers in this small farming community, proud of the championship tradition of the Fightin' Reds.