If anyone's interested, this is happening at state level here in Colorado...
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14243392
A state lawmaker wants high schools with American Indian mascots to get approval to continue using them from a state board.
Maybe the Redskins could take a page out of this HS's book:
Arapahoe High School in Littleton kept its team name but 17 years ago developed a relationship with the Arapaho Nation on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
In addition to the redesigned logo, the school gym in 1995 was renamed in honor of an Arapaho elder, according to information on the school's website.
The students and the tribe annually participate in a ceremony renewing their relationship.
"It's a very positive thing," Williams said.
and this is downright funny (on UNC's part):
At Eaton High School, home of the Reds, also known as the Fightin' Reds, the mascot features an Indian with a misshapen nose, eagle feather and loincloth.
The name made national news in 2002 when a multiracial intramural team at the University of Northern Colorado lampooned it. The UNC crew called its team the Fightin' Whities, which featured a caricature of a middle-aged white guy with the phrase "Everthang's gonna be all white!"