Dear Congress of American Indians

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has decided to allow sports teams to use celebrated figures from all races and ethnicities as their mascots. This is a part of the NCAA's initiative to promote diversity in sports representations of different populations. Mascots such as the West Virginia Rednecks, Orange County Dumb Blondes, Arizona Papi Chulos, Mayfield Thugz, will not be readily available for sports teams across America to adopt. Our goal is to provide mascots of people of all racial backgrounds, especially minorities, so that they are better represented in sports media. Also, Indians will no longer be the focal point of sports mascots. We hope that this addresses all of your concerns about the "Indian mascot" issue, and that we can build coalition and work together to promote our mutual interests of diversity in sports.

Best,

The National Collegiate Athletic Association