@JLeslie “Florida State University has a Native American mascot also, they are the Seminoles (as in Seminole Indians). The university has the approval from the Seminole tribe. There is some controversy over that too, but my point is the tribe leaders were ok with it.”
And the difference there is that “Seminole” is a proper tribal name, whereas “redskin” is a racial slur.
“Edit: I googled out of curiosity and found this”
Out of more that 5,200,000 bona-fide Native Americans in this country do you really think that 500 people who “Identify as Native American” (every WASP in this country claims to be part Cherokee) is really representative of the whole?