re: High School in Illinois able to keep name midgets

Yeah, they actually do a halfbreed cheer... They were in a basketball tourney down here a couple years ago. It's mainly Eskimo, a few Athabaskans and mixed with early white traders.

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"It's not a derogatory term to call someone an Eskimo or an Indian or a Harpooner," he said. "It's just a fact of life."

Tim Towarak, co-chairman of the Alaska Federation of Natives, said team names are a relatively new phenomenon in rural Alaska and they have not arisen as a major issue for the largest Native Alaskan organization. Team names such as Braves reflect the local culture, and students are proud of their heritage, he said.

"Up here in rural Alaska, it's all just part of our culture," he said.

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