Siwash - Revision history

75.31.88.156: Old Siwash was a nickname, never a “mascot”.

2018-09-14T20:06:39Z

Old Siwash was a nickname, never a “mascot”.

72.26.65.225 at 03:23, 19 November 2010

2010-11-19T03:23:47Z

199.46.200.230 at 00:57, 18 November 2010

2010-11-18T00:57:46Z

199.46.200.230 at 00:57, 18 November 2010

2010-11-18T00:57:03Z

Tfooq: interesting reading about Siwash, Knox County and the pacific northwest

2009-11-14T09:05:43Z

interesting reading about Siwash, Knox County and the pacific northwest

Tfooq: cat

2008-02-17T03:13:15Z

cat

FlyingBridge at 05:25, 7 May 2007

2007-05-07T05:25:01Z

72.26.70.190 at 21:52, 6 May 2007

2007-05-06T21:52:37Z

72.26.70.190 at 21:47, 6 May 2007

2007-05-06T21:47:28Z

72.26.70.190 at 21:46, 6 May 2007

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 ==Controversy==
-The term Siwash is, for some reason, still a controversial issue for alumni. The school supposedly lost a lot of donations (though this has not been confirmed or recorded to the best of my knowledge) from alumni who were angry that the school had caved to demands for a more [[politically correct]] school mascot.
+The term Siwash is, for some reason, still a controversial issue for alumni. The school supposedly lost a lot of donations (though this has not been confirmed or recorded to the best of my knowledge) from alumni who were angry that the school had caved to demands for a more [[politically correct]] school nickname.
 This was the subject of a fall 2009 opinion column in [[The Knox Student]]<ref>[http://www.theknoxstudent.com/newsroom/article/bigotry-name-tradition/ Bigotry In the Name of Tradition?] - The Knox Student, 11-12-09</ref>

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	This was the subject of a fall 2009 opinion column in [[The Knox Student]]<ref>[http://www.theknoxstudent.com/newsroom/article/bigotry-name-tradition/ Bigotry In the Name of Tradition?] - The Knox Student, 11-12-09</ref>		This was the subject of a fall 2009 opinion column in [[The Knox Student]]<ref>[http://www.theknoxstudent.com/newsroom/article/bigotry-name-tradition/ Bigotry In the Name of Tradition?] - The Knox Student, 11-12-09</ref>
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		+	During Homecoming 2010, those alumni who were still die-hard Siwash weren't allowed to have their table on campus, so they set up camp in Standish Park instead.

	==References==		==References==

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". The term was discontinued because it was thought by President John McCall that it was be offensive to Native Americans.	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". The term was discontinued because it was thought by President John McCall that it was offensive to Native Americans.

	==Siwash origins==		==Siwash origins==

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". The term was discontinued because it ~~is an~~ offensive ~~term for~~ Native Americans.	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". The term was discontinued because it was thought by President John McCall that it was be offensive to Native Americans.

	==Siwash origins==		==Siwash origins==

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". ~~But~~ "~~siwash~~" ~~means~~ "~~drunk Indian~~", so it ~~wasn't~~ [[politically correct]].	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". The term was discontinued because it is an offensive term for Native Americans.
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		+	==Siwash origins==
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		+	The term became popular on the Knox College campus when alumnus [[George Fitch]] used the term to describe a college similar to Knox in a fictional story he published, "Good Old Siwash College"<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Helgesen_Fitch George Helgesen Fitch] - Wikipedia</ref>. Students informally used the term to describe Knox and later the school formally adopted Siwash as the nickname for the college.
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		+	Siwash was used heavily in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and Alaska from the 19th century through World War II. A term in Chinook Jargon<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_jargon Chinook Jargon] - Wikipedia</ref> to refer to a native person. The term was not originally meant to be offensive, but it was a term that "othered" native people in the area during the rise of cities like [[Seattle]] and [[Vancouver]]. Over time, the term (from the French "sauvage", meaning wild or savage) developed the overtly offensive connotation it holds today.
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		+	===Knox County, Seattle and Siwash===
		+	The white "founders" of Seattle, called the Denny Party, took off for the northwest from a town they called Cherry Grove, IL. Now called Cedar, this town is located eight miles south of [[Galesburg]] and Knox College<ref>[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7875 Finding Cherry Grove] - by Hunter Brown</ref>. Whether the term traveled from [[Knox County]] to the northwest (unlikely) or traveled back from early Seattleites to their friends and family back home (more likely) is not yet known.
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		+	==Controversy==
		+	The term Siwash is, for some reason, still a controversial issue for alumni. The school supposedly lost a lot of donations (though this has not been confirmed or recorded to the best of my knowledge) from alumni who were angry that the school had caved to demands for a more [[politically correct]] school mascot.
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		+	This was the subject of a fall 2009 opinion column in [[The Knox Student]]<ref>[http://www.theknoxstudent.com/newsroom/article/bigotry-name-tradition/ Bigotry In the Name of Tradition?] - The Knox Student, 11-12-09</ref>
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		+	==References==
		+	<references/>

−	The term became popular on the Knox College campus when alumnus George Fitch used the term to describe a college similar to Knox in a fictional story he published. Students informally used the term to describe Knox and later the school formally adopted Siwash as the nickname for the college.

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	The term became popular on the Knox College campus when alumnus George Fitch used the term to describe a college similar to Knox in a fictional story he published. Students informally used the term to describe Knox and later the school formally adopted Siwash as the nickname for the college.		The term became popular on the Knox College campus when alumnus George Fitch used the term to describe a college similar to Knox in a fictional story he published. Students informally used the term to describe Knox and later the school formally adopted Siwash as the nickname for the college.
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		+	[[Category:History]]

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	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't [[politically correct]].		Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't [[politically correct]].
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		+	The term became popular on the Knox College campus when alumnus George Fitch used the term to describe a college similar to Knox in a fictional story he published. Students informally used the term to describe Knox and later the school formally adopted Siwash as the nickname for the college.

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], ~~there~~ was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't a [[politically correct]] ~~mascot~~.	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], the mascot of [[Knox College]] was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't [[politically correct]].

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], there was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't [[politically correct]].	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], there was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't a [[politically correct]] mascot.

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−	Before the [[Prairie Fire]] ...	+	Before the [[Prairie Fire]], there was "Old Siwash". But "siwash" means "drunk Indian", so it wasn't [[politically correct]].