Thanks to the IUP Alumni Association for the use of their
historic yearbooks for this project!
1888-1925 1926-1950 1951-1965 1966-1975 1976-2001 Addendum
IUP Mascot Indians
Historical photographs of IUP mascot Indians featured in the 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1977, 1978, and 1985 annual yearbooks. (FYI: The last IUP annual yearbook was published in 1996.)
1954
1956
1958
"Our
Big Indian and Little Squaw: Tom Smith and Lori Fancsalscki."
1960
"Indiana State College Indians"
1961
1977
1978
1985
1962
AI Overview from Google
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) formerly used the "Indians" as its mascot, but the school retired the name and adopted the "Crimson Hawks."
The "Indians"
The school's original mascot was a costumed student, and the name was a reference to the school's and town's name.
The "Cherokee bear"
In 1991, the school replaced the Indian mascot with an American black bear named Cherokee. The name came from the school's fight song.
The "Crimson Hawks"
In December 2006, the Council of Trustees adopted the "Crimson Hawk" as the mascot, and the mascot was introduced during the 2007 season-opening football game.
The school adopted the "Crimson Hawks" after the NCAA threatened to prohibit the school from hosting postseason championship games and penalize the school if it continued to use the "Indians" nickname. The name comes from the Red-tailed Hawks that live in the IUP Oak Grove. The school's mascot is named Norm the Hawk.
The NCAA Executive Board voted unanimously to prevent schools with "hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery" from hosting NCAA championship events. The American Psychological Association also called for the immediate retirement of Indian mascots in 2005.
1888-1925 1926-1950 1951-1965 1966-1975 1976-2001 Addendum