The NCAA continues to ban Indians from post-season play. The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indians, from Indiana County (PA), were told that they could not use their nickname in the NCAA post season because Indians are considered offensive under the NCAA's "hostile and abusive" standard.

...the NCAA said in a statement: "The staff committee believes that even in the absence of specific imagery, the term could be construed as a stereotypical reference to Native Americans as opposed to a derivation of either the university's name or the name of the town or county."

Collegiate Athletics is filled with lots of "hostile and abusive" mascots including but not limited to: War Eagles, Screaming Eagles, Gamecocks, Tigers, Lions, and Bears. And many of the mascots honor people rather than ferocious animals: Gaels, Irish, Scots, Saxons, Spartans, Trojans, Senators, Statesmen, Scarlett Knights, Mountaineers, Cavaliers, Buccaneers, Privateers, Pirates, Marauders, Crusaders, Vikings, Warriors, Rebels, Royals, Monarchs, Saints, Cardinals, Quakers, Patriots, Colonials, Colonels, Captains, Majors, Miners, Mariners, Mavericks, Mounties, Highlanders, Cowboys, Titans, Sun Devils, Blue Devils, Aggies, Pioneers, and Boilermakers. The only mascots that have been banned are those honoring Native American Indians.