<Tr> <Th> First seen </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The Stanford Tree is the Stanford Band's mascot and the unofficial mascot of Stanford University . Stanford's team name is "Cardinal", referring to the vivid red color (not the common songbird as at several other schools), and the university does not have an official mascot . The Tree, in various versions, has been called one of America's most bizarre and controversial college mascots . The tree regularly appears at the top of Internet "worst mascot" lists but has also appeared on at least one list of top mascots . </P> <P> The Tree is a member of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) and appears at football games, basketball games, and other events where the band performs . The "Tree" is representative of El Palo Alto, the tree that appears on both the official seal of the University and the municipal seal of Palo Alto, Stanford's nearby city . </P> <P> From 1930 until 1972, Stanford's sports teams had been known as the Indians, and, during the period from 1951 to 1972, Prince Lightfoot (portrayed by Timm Williams, a member of the Yurok tribe) was the official mascot . But in 1972, Native American students and staff members successfully lobbied University President Richard Lyman to abolish the "Indian" name along with what they had come to perceive as an offensive and demeaning mascot . Stanford's teams reverted unofficially to the name "Cardinal", the color that had represented the school before 1930 . </P>

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