sports mascot, or the possibility of changing the name of the Fighting Illini sports teams. Official Chief portrayal list *Stith portrayed "Princess Illiniwek". Unofficial Chief portrayal list See also Peoria (tribe) Native American Mascot Controversy List of sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples List of ethnic sports team and mascot names (all ethnicities) Films Chief Video Documentary - The Chief & The Tradition In Whose Honor? - Jay Rosenstein Productions (1997) References Bibliography King, C. Richard, and Charles Fruehling Springwood, eds. (2001). Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy. Foreword by Vine Deloria Jr. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Spindel, Carol (2002). Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy Over American Indian Mascots. Updated edition, with a new afterword. New York: New York University Press. External links Plummer Report UIUC American Indian Studies/Native American House Statement 2007 disestablishments in Illinois College basketball controversies in the United States College football controversies Fictional Sioux people Former college mascots in the United States Illinois Fighting Illini Mascots introduced in 1926 Native American-related controversies Anti-indigenous racism in the United States Male characters in advertising