FOXNews.com - Views - Tongue Tied - License to Pray, Yanked Yearbook: "American Indians in Florida are suggesting that the NCAA and other groups trying to force Florida State University to change its team name, the Seminoles, should mind their own beeswax, the Palm Beach Post reports.
The real Seminoles gave the university permission to use the 'Seminoles' nickname and tribal symbols in 1997, but activist groups such as the American Indian Movement and the NCAA are pressuring the university to stop using the 'racist' imagery. Real Seminoles, however, say they are proud of the association and would be somewhat dismayed if out-of-state busybodies had their way.
'I have a problem with other native groups from around the country telling the Seminoles of Florida what is right or wrong for us,' said Louise Gopher, education director for the Seminole Tribe of Florida."