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Before I get "devil's advocate" tattooed on my forehead, let me say: a. I personally don't care what the schools in question do. b. I realize the Native American community itself is divided on the whole issue too, so it's not an "us vs. them" situation, and c. I also think the issue is a contemptibly convenient one for newspapers like the Oregonian and STrib to rally behind. Now then: "Why don't Native Americans view "Sioux" as a term of pride?" Well, probably because "Sioux" was a term applied to the Lakota Nations by French explorers. New Hampshirites are known now and then to call Bay-Staters "Massholes." Hey, be proud! Also, I agree with the philosophy of: why would a school deliberately name its teams after a group the school INTENDED to ridicule? But I think the opposing view to this is: Sports equal entertainment. Nothing more. Naming athletic teams after a group, particularly a group which has been shafted for 400 years, further trivializes and marginalizes their existence. When you've been treated as a second-class citizen for so long, and to have "mainstream" America say your only value is as an object of entertainment, it would tend to get to you. As for the Colgate Red Raiders? I'm probably correct in assuming that Colgate has more sports than hockey. What do the other Colgate teams use? GS