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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:46 AM
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For Halfbreed fans, name just represents who they are
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6833549p-6728852c.html



"Whenever mascots and nicknames make the news, the trickle-down effect always seems to reach Aniak, the proud home of the Halfbreeds.


I can guarantee you that already someone out there is gasping in disbelief, disgust, or both.

Halfbreeds? How can it be? How dare it be?

Save your rage for something deserving. Residents in the Kuskokwim River village of 532 overwhelmingly love their nickname and defend it more quickly than you can say "politically incorrect."
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:47 AM
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Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 06:50 AM by cleofus1
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A logo at the school shows a white man with a rifle and a Native man with a spear, their weapons crossing in what Morgan describes as a symbolic handshake. Aniak Halfbreed T-shirts are popular with tourists, and sales proceeds help support high school activities. And opponents don't mock the nickname any more than they would if the school were known as the Wolves, the Huskies or the Eagles.

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