Or the "Fighting Irish?" ;-)

Feh. Sounds like the nonsense controversies over Native-American-themed professional sports teams & mascots (Florida Seminoles, Washington Redskins, etc). Something that the natives themselves don't seem to mind. As usually, Larry nails it - if the portrayal is done respectfully, I am hard-pressed to see a problem. Next thing you know, we'll be hearing complaints about the Minnesota Vikings...after all, isn't dressing a guy up like a northman raider offensive to people of Swede or Norse ancestry? Apparently not, since the team hails from a heavily Scandinavian part of the US!

Thanks Larry for a great response. Suggest the "replacement" method be replaced with the "learning" method. The learning method will encourage people to learn the history and the identities of the people involved. Using the learning method would courage students to learn and ask questions:
1. Why is Thanksgiving is a holiday?
2. Who are the Pilgrims?
3. Who are the Indians? What tribe? The history of the tribe?
4. Etc.
This learning method applies to Sports Teams:
1. Who are the Florida Seminoles (The tribe)?
2. The history of the Seminoles?
3. Where are the Seminoles today?
Try applying the learning method to any holiday, team mascot
and etc.
Some people may object because it causes them to use their brains and not their emotions.