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Since the 1920s...
the Dartmouth College athletic teams have been known by their unofficial nicknames "The Green" or "The Big Green." The nickname is based on students' adoption of a shade of forest green ("Dartmouth Green") as the school's official color in 1866. Until the early 1970s, teams were also known as the "Indians," and athletic uniforms bore a representation of an Indian warrior's head. That representation and similar images, called collectively "the Indian Symbol," as well as the practice of a cheerleader dressing in Indian costume to serve as a mascot during games, came under criticism. During the early 1970s the Trustees declared the "use of the symbol in any form to be inconsistent with present institutional and academic objectives of the College in advancing Native American education." The Indian symbol's legacy continues in an unofficial capacity among many students and alumni, as well as with the conservative student newspaper, The Dartmouth Review.
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