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After the state forced a Long Island school district to abandon its “Chief” mascot, federal education officials said the ...

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration ...

A marquee outside Massapequa High School in Massapequa, N.Y., is backdropped by a Chiefs mascot mural on April 25, 2025. The ...

U.S. Secretary of Education McMahon is planning on calling on New York state to sign a resolution to allow the Chiefs and other mascots to stay ...

While some schools, like Massapequa, have opposed the state’s "mascot ban," the Syosset community is beginning to vote on ...

This comes after the state of California in 2024 amended Assembly Bill 3074 (AB3074) — known as the California Racial Mascots Act — which prohibits K-12 public schools and athletic teams from ...

One of the last New York school districts fighting a 2023 ban on Native American mascots has won a powerful ally in the White House and triggered a counteroffensive against the state. The U.S ...

Aly Erario was the person inside her school's mascot costume for years — and no one, not even her best friends, had a clue Her friends posed for photos with the mascot, laughing and cheering ...

A Long Island school ... York attempts to rewrite history and deny the town of Massapequa the right to celebrate its heritage in its schools,” McMahon said in a statement. “There are several ...