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By Rebekah Gonzalez May 6, 2021 San Diego State University students are again asking the school administrators to end the use of an Aztec warrior as their mascot, reports On Tuesday, May 4, the SDSU Senate passed a resolution urging the school to change the mascot and select one that will honor the Kumeyaay, the indigenous people who originally lived in the area. Dr. Jacob Alvarado Waipuk, a member of the San Pasqual Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, will propose two Kumeyaay-named animals for t...

By Rebekah Gonzalez May 6, 2021 San Diego State University students are again asking the school administrators to end the use of an Aztec warrior as their mascot, reports On Tuesday, May 4, the SDSU Senate passed a resolution urging the school to change the mascot and select one that will honor the Kumeyaay, the indigenous people who originally lived in the area. Dr. Jacob Alvarado Waipuk, a member of the San Pasqual Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, will propose two Kumeyaay-named animals for t...

A representative from the university stated that the Aztec name would still remain in use, but not the Aztec Warrior mascot. Instead, whats being proposed would be a replacement of the imagery used in place of the warrior. "In May 2018, SDSU announced that the university will retain the Aztec name, but will no longer refer to the Aztec as the university mascot," SDSUs Lainie Fraser said in an email to NBC 7. "As a reminder, following the conclusion of the 2018 Aztec Identity Task Force and thei...

The longtime ‘Aztec’ imagery and ‘Monty Montezuma’ may be no more. Tuesday, the SDSU Senate passed a resolution calling for a commission to propose at least two Kumeyaay-named animals to be the new official mascot. San Diego State University Aztec mascot known as Monty Montezuma. The resolution will not “replace the Aztec moniker or name,” but rather the Aztec Warrior imagery associated with the school. This is just the latest of many failed attempts by students, faculty and alumni...