The Slavic people are a race that descends from Indo-European roots that once shared a common language as well as area of descent.Today, the majority of these people â also called Slavs â live in Central and Eastern Europe.ctually the Slavs are the genetic group that Poles, Russians, Czechs, Ukranians, Croatians, Serbs, Slovaks belong to. Slavs are the ancestors of the native citizens of these lands in Central & Eastern Europe.
The name would be used again, this time to refer to Nebraska by Charles Cy Sherman in The Nebraska State Journal during the 1899 season and would replace all other names by 1900. The Cornhuskers have two official mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
The nickname w â¦ as first used for the University of Nebraska athletic teams-the Cornhuskers - which was coined in 1900 by Charles S. Cy Sherman, a sportswriter for the Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln. Cornhuskers replaced earlier nicknames, such as Golden Knights, Antelopes, and Bugeaters.