The Brown Indian represented St. Bonaventure University athletics from Fall 1927, its earliest mention in The Laurel, to 1992. Marist would then lose a tough game in the second round 66–63 to the 5th seed St. Bonaventure ending another successful season for a team that was viewed as Marist's most vulnerable in years. The school's colors, brown and white, reflect the colors of Franciscan friar robes. St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast day-July 15) St. Bonaventure, known as "the seraphic doctor," was born at Bagnoregio, in the Lazio region of central Italy, in 1221.

The Brown Indian. The Bona Wolf made its debut on Feb. 16, 1999 against Rhode Island. St. Bonaventure University is a private Franciscan university in Allegany, New York.It has 2,381 undergraduate and graduate students. Bonaventure chose Brown Indians, a nod to the school's color and the neighboring Seneca Nation in Salamanca. Our Mascots Through the Years. The St. Bonaventure Brown Indian. Below are the Bonaventure mascots past and present. We started out with the Brown Indian and Brown Squaw. The term "Bonnies" came to be as a short-cut name of St. Bonaventure without any official starting point. The Franciscan Brothers established the university in 1858.. The mascot was a source of pride not only for students and alumni but for many members of the Seneca Nation that is located down the road from the University. In athletics, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference. In 1998, a committee was formed to derive a new mascot, and the Bona Wolf was created. It wasn't until 1981 that Pekin High School in Chicago, Illinois … The school's current mascot is the Bona Wolf, the third mascot in school history. The university is closely affiliated with this religious order. The Bona Fanatic made its debut as the team mascot in 1996 but only lasted two years. The 2012–2013 season was the third time in the last six years that Marist would go undefeated in MAAC regular season play (18–0). The Pekin High School Chinks. *Notice the changes in the Brown Indian. In 2013, Lycoming debuted its current sword and shield logo and its wolf mascot. The wolf is a reference to the Wolf of Gubbio, a story from the life of St. Francis. After years of controversy we changed our mascot because it was viewed asdisrespectful of the SenecaIndians. The 1965 St. Bonaventure cheerleading squad with Brown Indian mascot.