TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State University's student government has passed a resolution discouraging Seminoles fans from wearing Native American headdresses at games.
The Student Government Association approved the nonbinding, formal opinion by a 27-4 vote on April 20 asking the university's administration to consider adding the wearing of headdresses as a violation of the student code of conduct.
The SGA said it passed the resolution because many of the headdresses worn at athletic events are representative of other tribes, in particular Plains tribes like the Sioux, and not the Seminoles. Part of the resolution reads that the Senate "does not condone the wearing of headdresses because it inaccurately depicts the culture of the Seminole Tribe.