What happens when all of the the Indian heritage is wiped away from every sports team, city name and school . How will they be remembered then?
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Gregory cooley
6 years ago
Change is OK but let's not change so much that we lose the historical identity of our community
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Jacob Barnes
6 years ago
Native Americans are some of the most resilient people groups that have ever walked the face of the earth. They built entire civilizations out of nothing and learned to not only survive but thrive in the elements. They are an essential part of the story of America!! Their storied must be told the good, the bad and the ugly! Yet they are with us to this day many of whom partake in the many blessings of our great republic and play a major role in the fabric of American life! To say it would be an honor to be represented by them would be a great understatement!
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Austin
6 years ago
School district is already bad enough without this bull crap. Let them keep the name
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Charles Strable
6 years ago
The matter if the name is changed I will always be in Indianola Indian and so will my children I had a daughter graduate this year during the pandemic and she continues to wear and show her support for the Indianola Indians as will I and my youngest daughter who is starting back into a whole new world he told me Dad I will always be an Indian
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Kimberly Pedersen
6 years ago
The word indian for me depicts bravery and courage...it reminds me that the true Americans are of American Indian ancestry.
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Dylan Morton
6 years ago
i used play for this team. Coming from another school district known as a bad kid. The Indians welcomed me. I will always be an Indian.
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Abigail Johnson
6 years ago
always be an indianola indian!
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Caitlin Hart
6 years ago
The name is not derogatory nor is any offensive or insensitive imagery used and a tribe is a universal term.
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Amanda Shuff
6 years ago
Indianola has been the Indians long before
Now and should have changed years ago if they were going to
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Brad Campbell
6 years ago
I an a 1965 graduate of Indianola High School. KEEP THE INDIANS!!!!! DO NOT GIVE IN to anyone who wants to do away with THE INDIANS!!! Don't be like the spineless Indianola City Council that us changing emblems on city vehicles.
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Ceara K
6 years ago
I am and forever will be an Indianola Indian along with my 3 older siblings! I am proud of where I have grown up and gone to school it has made me who I am today. Trying to change it is just wrong. One tribe.
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Susan Brittain Wiedner
6 years ago
Indianola is my home town. It would be ashamed to remove our history. It's bad enough that the courthouse is gone.
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Barb Lightfoot
6 years ago
Leave it as it us
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Dee Robinson
6 years ago
We are showing respect and strength by using the name “Indians”, our town was named Indianola, should we change that too!!!!!! Don’t we have enough right now to worry about instead of this ridiculous crap! If we don’t get these kids back to school we might not have to worry about it!!
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Leisa Ely
6 years ago
I have always felt pride to be an Indianola Indian.
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Joseph A Wellendorf
6 years ago
Keep the Indians, there was nothing wrong with the name for years now all of a sudden. I don't get it, people nowadays would protest a protest!
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Norma Ball
6 years ago
Keep the Indians
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Brenda Davitt
6 years ago
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I am a Simpson Alum and was heartbroken when the college changed it’s mascot name from the Redskins to Storms! I am a former coach and my husband is an alum of the Indianola Indians! Keep the Indians!
What happens when all of the the Indian heritage is wiped away from every sports team, city name and school . How will they be remembered then?
Change is OK but let's not change so much that we lose the historical identity of our community
Native Americans are some of the most resilient people groups that have ever walked the face of the earth. They built entire civilizations out of nothing and learned to not only survive but thrive in the elements. They are an essential part of the story of America!! Their storied must be told the good, the bad and the ugly! Yet they are with us to this day many of whom partake in the many blessings of our great republic and play a major role in the fabric of American life! To say it would be an honor to be represented by them would be a great understatement!
School district is already bad enough without this bull crap. Let them keep the name
The matter if the name is changed I will always be in Indianola Indian and so will my children I had a daughter graduate this year during the pandemic and she continues to wear and show her support for the Indianola Indians as will I and my youngest daughter who is starting back into a whole new world he told me Dad I will always be an Indian
The word indian for me depicts bravery and courage...it reminds me that the true Americans are of American Indian ancestry.
i used play for this team. Coming from another school district known as a bad kid. The Indians welcomed me. I will always be an Indian.
always be an indianola indian!
The name is not derogatory nor is any offensive or insensitive imagery used and a tribe is a universal term.
Indianola has been the Indians long before Now and should have changed years ago if they were going to
I an a 1965 graduate of Indianola High School. KEEP THE INDIANS!!!!! DO NOT GIVE IN to anyone who wants to do away with THE INDIANS!!! Don't be like the spineless Indianola City Council that us changing emblems on city vehicles.
I am and forever will be an Indianola Indian along with my 3 older siblings! I am proud of where I have grown up and gone to school it has made me who I am today. Trying to change it is just wrong. One tribe.
Indianola is my home town. It would be ashamed to remove our history. It's bad enough that the courthouse is gone.
Leave it as it us
We are showing respect and strength by using the name “Indians”, our town was named Indianola, should we change that too!!!!!! Don’t we have enough right now to worry about instead of this ridiculous crap! If we don’t get these kids back to school we might not have to worry about it!!
I have always felt pride to be an Indianola Indian.
Keep the Indians, there was nothing wrong with the name for years now all of a sudden. I don't get it, people nowadays would protest a protest!
Keep the Indians
I am a Simpson Alum and was heartbroken when the college changed it’s mascot name from the Redskins to Storms! I am a former coach and my husband is an alum of the Indianola Indians! Keep the Indians!
Go Indians!! Proud alumni