12018-05-09T09:02:33-07:00Aimie Michelle Taylored479168abc68c3c3d17d073536c25327d7ad271302812plain2018-05-09T09:06:35-07:00Aimie Michelle Taylored479168abc68c3c3d17d073536c25327d7ad271As figures like "Chief Illiniwek" became popular, ASU would follow the trend by creating its own version of a "chief" for its spirit squad. The Indian Booster Club developed the idea of Chief Big Track and the Indian Family in 1959, and provided the first costumes for the students who would perform at football games and excite the crowd with drumming, dances, and the Chief’s signature ride around the stadium after touchdowns.
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12018-05-09T09:00:54-07:00Aimie Michelle Taylored479168abc68c3c3d17d073536c25327d7ad271Indian Family Personifies ASU Spirit21968 Indian yearbook photo showing Indian Family performersmedia/Indian yearbook 1968 - Indian family personifies spirit.jpgplain2018-05-09T09:01:52-07:0003/01/1968Indian: Arkansas State College Yearbook Vol. 1968, No. 45 (State College, AR: Arkansas State College press, 1968), 46. Accessed online at https://archive.org/details/arkansasstateuniversity. Image courtesy of the Arkansas State University Archives & Special Collections at the Dean B. Ellis Library, Jonesboro, AR.Aimie Michelle Taylored479168abc68c3c3d17d073536c25327d7ad271
