What is "indian head"

Indian Head can refer to:

• Indian Head, Saskatchewan, town in Canada
• Indian Head, Maryland, town in the United States
• Indian Head (Fraser Island), headland in Australia
• Indian Head cent, U.S. one cent coin (1859–1909)
• Indian Head Ginger, Costus spicatus, also known as Spiked Spirlaflag Ginger
• Indian Head Mountain (New York), one of the Catskill High Peaks
• Indian Head nickel, U.S. five cent coin (1913–1938)
• Indian Head test card, television test pattern in the U.S.
• Indian Head rock formation in Lincoln, New Hampshire, which resembles the head of an American Indian and is near the site of the Old Man of the Mountain
• " Badlands Guardian" in Alberta, Canada, a landscape which, when viewed from the air, resembles a human head wearing a full Native American headdress

The term "Indian Head" can also colloquially refer to the logos of any number of professional and collegiate sports teams that feature a stylized image of a Native American. Prominent examples include:

• Washington Redskins
• The Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Florida State Seminoles
• North Dakota Fighting Sioux
• The Illinois Fighting Illini's former use of Chief Illiniwek

The use of such logos, however, is not without controversy.

Indian Head is a coastal headland on the eastern (ocean) side of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia. The landmark is the most easterly point on the island and a popular tourist destination. Indian Head is located at one end of Seventy Five Mile Beach.

The headland was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on the evening of 19 May 1770, for the aboriginal people he saw assembled there. The term "Indian" was used at that time for the native people of many lands.

The outcrop consists of rhyolite that was originally created by volcanic activity about 50 to 80 million years ago.

Camping around the headland is not permitted. Climbing Indian Head provides 360° views as well as good wildlife spotting opportunities, Such as mantarays, sharks and whales.