Respectfully nicknamed

Those who wanted Niles West High School students to stop callingthemselves the Indians are right in one regard: The central issue isrespect.

But they were wrong in another regard: If they had bothered tolook around, they would have found that the use of the term had notcaused Niles West students to lose respect for native Americans. Asone student said, ". . . the Niles West Indian has always been aheroic image . . . a chief of the highest rank." Further, the NilesTownship school board, deciding Tuesday to continue the use of …