David Narcomey

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David Narcomey is a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and an activist who was the regional director of the North Florida chapter of the American Indian Movement or AIM.

Narcomey opposes colleges or universities that use American Indian symbols or representations as sports mascots or other sports related imagery.^[1]

David Narcomey was perhaps the principle member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma who supported the proposed NCAA ban on the use of Seminole imagery by Florida State University. Narcomey was, in the FSU matter, considered to be a leading tribe member in consultation with the NCAA while a proposed ban on the use of Seminole imagery by FSU was reviewed.^[2]

Later, Narcomey was publicly overruled by the chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and consequently the NCAA excluded Florida State from the nationwide ban.^[3][4]

Narcomey's stance has been echoed among a minority of American Indian tribe members at other universities that use American Indian imagery.^[5] In the same area of activism David Narcomey has publicly stated that any use of American Indian imagery by non-Indians harms American Indian children. His position has been controversial as being excessively politically correct, but is supported by some members of American Indian tribes.^[6]

Narcomey was instrumental in the YMCA abandoning the 76 year old tradition of Y-Indian Guides, which he believes traumatizes American Indian children.^[7]

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