Current Status
After decades of decline from over 3,000, there remain less than 1,000 local, university and professional teams that continue to have Native American mascots. Though changes have been made at the high school and college levels, at the professional level there has been virtually no change. The topic remains an issue on a national level, with a hearing before the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in 2011, and a symposium at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2013.
Read more about this topic: Native American Mascot Controversy
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