Problem schools are those that use caricatures of American Indian imagery or White people who dress up like Indians and perform during halftime.
Those kind of actions haven't occurred in Utah "for decades,'' Esplin said. The university uses a block "U'' as its main logo or in the alternative, a circle with a feather representing a drum.
Young said a survey of university of trustees, alumni and other groups will be asked to weigh in on the issue and to review the schools use of and behavior related to the Ute nickname.
"We're on a list,'' Young said. "I wouldn't say we don't have anything to worry about, because we just don't know. We really have a long tradition with the name Utes, and we'd very much like to keep using that.''
— Associated Press
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