Arthur Cronkhite on the use of Native American Mascots
November 10, 2006
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Hello, my name is Arthur Cronkhite and I come to you
today, asking questions with regard to the University's
mascot.
Why does the University of Illinois use an earth-based
religious symbol? What kind of arrogance allows the
University to believe it can somehow capture the Native
American spirit in a mascot? Why do vast numbers of
students and alumni, fervently worship an ancient
religious ideal?
When a child of no consequence, adorned in spiritual
regalia, dances forth from an underground passage into
the Assembly Hall, what underworld spirits does he bring
with him? As he dances like a madman possessed, upon
dead woods bound and lacquered in a domed hut void of
all nature, what dark forces are spread among the
gathered tribe?
As those present stand in devotion, arms positioned to
receive "the spirit", what demons fly from sacred
feathers to posse the worshipers? What malevolent
tentacles entangle the hearts of those who have opened
themselves to receive "the spirit"?
Once the channeling is complete, the spirit accepted and
the followers go forth, do they take the underworld with
them? Is this why editors of the student newspaper,
published disrespect of Muslim beliefs, or Greeks in
their hedonism taunted those of other color - because
the dark spirits are strong among them?
Is it a tribe of spirits that trick the devoted into
believing that The Chief "is only a mascot and nothing
more", or one great demon? What kind of underworld
darkness blinds normally devout Christians, allowing
them to proudly submerse themselves in pagan practice
and symbols?
Do these spirits now call to our elected officials? Is
it an underworld vision that leads these men in battle
to deny truth? Is it possible we have found the original
source to some of the darkness today - which have these
men aiding and abetting a criminal Presidency that wages
war upon the Muslim world?
Why is it that a place of understanding, truth and
wisdom, now comes under siege by those of dominance
seeking submission? Why do these men seek to practice
spiritual legislation that will guarantee continued
desecration? Is it because they must have blind
followers, in order to stay in power?
Or could it be simple ignorance, in what is done each
time a child without a vision quest, unnamed through
infant testing, conjuring spirits without aged wisdom,
has produced such a poisonous caldron? Which begs the
last of questions.
When will the elders come and shed light upon these
deceived practices? When will the real Chiefs assemble
and confront the dark forces that hold us captive? When
will the fires of the circle be lit and the surface
spirits called, so that all may understand? When will
dark hearts be exposed to the purifying light of spirit
dances that only the children of the earth may practice
fully?
For until they do, and until we see, dark spirits will
continue to dance with glee in the hearts of ignorant
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