| Charlene Teters provoked by racial and social injustices
endured by American Indians, has served as a lightning rod for change. Her
work has led to progress in the United States and Canada. In Central America
her words and thoughts are being repeated by Indian peoples involved in
their own struggles for human rights.
Keynote address, If Not You, Then Who? is a personal story of the struggle
against the Chief Illiniwek mascot at the University of Illinois which
then became the catalyst for the national debate. Recently the University of Illinois has stopped the use of the
dancing mascot under pressure by NCAA rulings, is it the end of a controversial
era?
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