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Message: [QUOTE="Orangefizz, post: 1933920, member: 5608"] In 1978 members of a Native American student organization headed a protest against using the Saltine Warrior as an athletic mascot. Onondagan Chief Oren Lyons, a 1958 alumnus and former SU lacrosse star, explained that it's "all in the presentation...The thing that offended me when I was there was that guy running around like a nut. That's derogatory" ([I]Daily Orange[/I], March 23, 1976). The Saltine Warrior was subsequently "sidelined" and a contest for a successor ensued ([I]Daily Orange[/I], February 12, 1978). Let's embrace our history, change the 'presentation' to represent the proud, brave history of the natives to cny. Bring back the Saltine Warrior!!! [/QUOTE]