Professional organizations representing psychologists, sociologists, school counselors, anthropologists, and educators have published resolutions opposing the use of Native American mascots as harmful and discriminatory. Army division which was named for prominent Illinois-based Native American chief Black Hawk.

In contrast to generic names used by other teams, Blackhawks refers to a World War I-era U.S. Like other teams with tribal mascots, there are calls from Indigenous activists and organizations to change the Blackhawks' name and logo and eliminate tribal mascots and imagery throughout sports. Since the 1960s, as part of the indigenous civil rights movements, there have been a number of protests and other actions by Native Americans and their supporters targeting the more prominent use of such names and images by professional franchises such as the Cleveland Guardians formerly known as the 'Indians' of Major League Baseball (MLB) (in particular their ' Chief Wahoo' logo) that was officially discontinued in 2016 the Washington Commanders formerly known as the ' Redskins' of the National Football League (NFL), the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and MLB's Atlanta Braves, the latter two attracting criticism of 'the tomahawk chop' often performed by their fans. The use of terms and images referring to Native Americans/ First Nations as the name or mascot for a sports team without permissions from or consultations with local Indigenous communities, is a topic of public controversy in the United States and Canada. The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo controversy refers to the controversy surrounding the name and logo of the Chicago Blackhawks, a National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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