years_active birth_place nationality ethnicity known_for residence article_title name occupation organization
1973 & ndash ; present cleveland , ohio , us american indian chiricahua apache chairman center of cleveland opposition to chief wahoo and other native and american mascots executive director of the american indian education parma , ohio robert roche -lrb- activist -rrb-
 robert roche civil oberlin college rights organizer professor of native american history at the autonomous american indian movement -lrb- aaim -rrb- american indian education center people , not mascots
robert roche -lrb- activist -rrb-

robert roche , also known as bob roche and rob roche , is a native american civil rights activist .
he is perhaps best known for being one of several prominent american indians to spearhead the movement against the use of native american imagery as sports mascots .
