An Honor?

I've been thinking about the talk about sports teams and mascots and how they portray the Native Americans. I do agree that characters like the mascot of The Indians is overboard. But I think we were too concentrated on that fact to realize that having a sports team be named after you has got to be an honor. For the Seminoles especially, and any other team that educates and portrays the Natives in a positive light, I think it'd be an honor. Athletics promote positive things-hard work, dedication, passion, etc. So how terrible is it really, if properly done so, to have a team with a Native American based mascot?