Illiniwek: Symbol or mascot?

"Those who support Chief Illiniwek--the barefoot student who performs in a buckskin costume and feather headdress during halftime--believe that calling him a mascot reveals an anti-chief bias. They were quick to tell me that I had made a mascot misstep in stories reporting...

Native students threatened over 'Chief Illiniwek'

"Native American students at the University of Illinois have been threatened for opposing the school's controversial "Chief Illiniwek" mascot. Two students made derogatory statements on on Facebook.Com, a popular networking site. One student threatened to "throw a tomohawk"...