Savages, Indians or Braves: Idaho tribe asks state government to ban all Indian mascots

“People do it to honor us, they say. But really, it’s very misguided,” Kootenai Tribal Council member Gary Aikens Jr. said at the Idaho Council of Indian Affairs in 2014, the Lewiston Tribune reported …“People do it to honor us, they say. But really, it’s very misguided,” Kootenai Tribal Council member Gary Aikens Jr. said at the Idaho Council of Indian Affairs in 2014, the Lewiston Tribune reported …