Original sentence: As a result of this controversy, the NCAA termed Chief Illiniwek a "hostile or abusive" mascot and image, and banned the university from hosting postseason activities as long as it continued to use the mascot and symbol.At the root of the controversy is the view of many Native Americans and others that the symbol/mascot was a misappropriation of indigenous cultural figures and rituals and that it perpetuated stereotypes about Native American peoples.For over two decades, Chief Illiniwek was the center of a controversy.The costume contained real eagle feathers, but because eagle feathers are sacred to Native Americans, and because they come from a protected species, the feathers in the headdresses worn by the Chief were replaced with dyed turkey feathers after requests of protesters
Edited sentence: As a result of this controversy, the NCAA termed Chief Illiniwek a "hostile or abusive" mascot and image, and banned the university from hosting postseason activities as long as it continued to use their symbol.At the root of the controversy is the view of a minority of Native Americans, according to Gallop Polls,  and others that the symbol/mascot was a misrepresentation of indigenous cultural figures and rituals and that it perpetuated stereotypes about Native American peoples, which has yet to have been prove empircally at all, of which more evidence states otherwise.For 18 years, Chief Illiniwek was the center of a controversy.The costume contained real eagle feathers, but because eagle feathers are sacred to Native Americans, and because they come from a protected species, the feathers in the headdresses worn by the Chief were replaced with dyed turkey feathers after the rumination of the University