No More Indians

Well, the Falls lost the state championship football game 7-0. Tough break. But what is even more disappointing is finding out that that the Falls is going to be losing its nickname next year. Rumor has it that the Falls will no longer be called "The Indians" and will be changing its name to "The Falcons" next year.

Apparently the old principal at the High School was fighting for years to keep the name. A few years ago they changed the logo from an Indian Head to an "F" with a couple of feathers. It was a compromise to the morons who were demanding the change out of respect for the First Nation tribes. Now that principal has retired and word is that the new principal at the HS is doing everything he can to change the name.

First off, the name Indians was in honor of the Menomonee tribe, who lived in the area originally, and for whom the Menomonee River is named (which cuts through the NE corner of the village). If we have to change the name of the HS mascot then why not the name of the village as well? It is completely ridiculous. Secondly, why should we have to knuckle under to the wants of one clown who is running the school? My guess is that if you asked the residents of the falls, you would get about 75%-25% in favor of keeping Indians, and in my opinion that is all that matters.

I was told that the reason for the switch to "Falcons" is so that the school can keep the F logo with the feathers. I would like to offer a different scenario. It is being done so that the school doesn't have to spend thousands of dollars to change letterhead, business cards, merchandise, etc. I saw it happen when Marquette changed it's name from Warriors. I seem to recall the word million being tossed about when the cost of the change of updating all the materials such as letterhead was discussed. While I'm sure that it wouldn't be quite as much to change a HS mascot name, it is still going to have a cost, one that is entirely unnecessary. And in this day of the crappy economy, we don't need to be soaking joe taxpayer anymore just to satisfy some moroon who think it might be offensive to call your team The Indians.

If the name does change, I will be doing my best to be an a$$ at all games I attend. Sort of like at Marquette games when the students still chant We are Warriors.