December 2001

Nevada brothel is named Crazy Horse Resort and Spa Mr. Boffo implies igloos are poorly designed for the cold Bizarro shows Plains Indians ignoring oncoming traffic Skater dances "Last of the Mohicans" in a skimpy outfit Professor teaches Blackfeet culture by playing dress-up Gun-toting whites call Klamath Indians "sucker lovers" Environmentalists use tribes to oppose Alaska oil drilling Kay:  Indians are preserving "hunter-gatherer traditions" Test depicts Iroquois living in past, shows sacred masks NM principal labels mobile Navajo students "gypsies" Senator calls 16,000 artifacts "a handful of arrowheads" Facemaker Inc. sells badly caricatured Indian costumes Comanche proud to be a mascot, says "Call me savage!" Students learn Indians led boring lives without technology

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

November 2001

Falling down in a casino proves rez is "a different world" West Wing shows Native leader acting like a stoic chief Columnist:  Europeans didn't kill Indians for their land Quebec official's rationale:  "We didn't scalp anybody" Complete Sportwear Inc. sells "Indian Mascot Costume" Minn. editorialist thinks "red skin" is onion or girl's blush Ida. editorial:  Whites let Indians "maintain their culture"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

October 2001

Herman blames Indians on "warpath" for wounded man Judge says Texas tribes are "associations" like sororities Claim:  "If Indians come...there goes the neighborhood" Ariz. Wigwam Motel offers teepee rooms on Hopi Road Herman mixes Plains Indian, Apache, and archery contest Anti-Indian groups claim treaties, sovereignty are invalid Gossip columnist Liz Smith says Tecumseh was a terrorist Native union carpenters called "wagon burner" and "chief" Dennis the Menace shows Eskimo kid with parka, igloo Fighting Sioux t-shirt shows an Indian mating with a buffalo Researcher claims Hopi and Kokopelli have Hindu origin Powwow vendor sells tomahawks, drums, princess dolls Students paint "Scalp 'em," tomahawk on school grounds

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

September 2001

Kan. football news:  "Redskins buried at Burial Grounds" Mi'kmaq singer censored for criticizing two tribal chiefs Flag-waving "patriots" tell Alexie to return to his country Native doll is blue-eyed Barbie with guinea hen feathers Comanche columnist:  Mascots "should remain forever" Choctaw woman called "faggot Arab" after 9/11 attacks Denver Post:  Columbus-led genocide is a "narrow view" Aussie column:  "Purported" tribes are seeking recognition Indian Affairs Minister:  No proof of racism in Canada

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

August 2001

Washington Times:  Mascot foe is "running a race hustle" School for cultural destruction is nominated as a landmark Baltimore Sun column:  Team names are the "wrong battle" JAMA article:  Yupik elders retreat to the wilderness to die NC lawmaker:  White Christians made the country great Church flyer:  "Indian Uprising!" "Savages" on "warpath" Miami Herald column:  Seminoles are "pseudo-sovereign" Date application threatens "Native American ant torture" Video-game Indian has wigwam and "big heap magic" pool SD school refuses to change script about warring tribes Detroit News:  Native casinos are "slot machine welfare" Domain name search equates "mikmaq" and "red-indian" "Killer" juvenile boot camps are named after vision quest

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

July 2001

Thanksgiving script has Indian in headdress saying "ugh" Savage Arms uses Savage Indian Head logo to sell guns Ancient humans are accused of "slaughtering whole species" Columnist:  Native advocacy is "a thorough-going racket" Tract portrays drunk Indians needing Christ for salvation Professor uses Custer poster to recruit against the Sioux Book:  A. Jackson had to relocate Indians to save them Indian inmates called members of Warrior Society gang Looking Horse:  Navajo foes have a "disease of the mind" Newspapers write about a "traditional Navajo Sundance"

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

June 2001

Beer company suggests Atlanteans built Wisc. mounds Coach claims rez kids stay for the "government check" White juries treat Natives like Indians seen on television Norton says Gwich'in can choose "subsistence lifestyle" Comic book shows Indians scalping and raping whites Oklahoma Indian store is accused of unfair competition Indians questioned about money when they enter Canada Detroit tricentennial ignores the millennia of Native history Studies claim indigenous people were mass murderers TV show's Native predicts his wife will "tom-tom" his butt Card clubs say Indian casinos are an ethnic monopoly Comanche character in new novel speaks Tonto-style

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

April-May 2001

Company sells tribal drinks using "Medicine Man" label Mashantucket Pequot boys treated differently at school Kan. newspaper headline:  "Orioles gun down Indians" Herman shows an Indian chief brandishing human skulls Ga. columnist compares Indian mascots to birds, snakes Website seeks to disprove the "magic" of ethnic weapons Op-ed piece claims Indians weren't forced to assimilate Idaho businessmen wear headdresses to "honor" Indians Columnist says Indian activists are "whiners" and "fusspots"

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

March 2001

Doll website sells dolls labeled "exotic Native princesses" Professor says Indians rely on "victimhood," "white guilt" Three Montana legislators call Indian reservations "ghettos" Mass. officials question Pequots for not pledging allegiance NY mayor bans city workers from Oneida Nation firms School map labels the US and Canada "Anglo America" Website costumes people as Sitting Bull and Pocahontas Canadian chief says alcoholism is common among chiefs Mass. professor says Indian "savages" should be grateful

Dishonorable mention THE LOSER!

January-February 2001

NC Times calls Pechanga Webmaster a "cyber-shaman" Ottawa News claims "treaties...have little relevance" today Student yells "prairie niggers" at an Indian basketball game Washington Post repeats "ruthless," "greedy" Indian slurs Play presents a phony "chief" trying to open an Indian casino "Native wedding" uses "love flute," peyote, and buckskins Report:  Police are twice as likely to search Native motorists Book:  Indians hold "special place in politically correct hearts" All My Children uses a sage ceremony to scare away spirits Raleigh book glorifies Indian treachery, cruelty, cannibalism "First Americans" Rose Parade float features giant headdress

THE LOSER! Dishonorable mention

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