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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban. Despite desire from Native Americans in Illinois, the ban on Native imagery for ...
From left to right, top to bottom: Logos for the Stockton Blackhawks, Calumet Indians, Altamont Indians, Bremen Braves, Deer Creek Chiefs, Mt. Zion Braves, Annawan Braves and Marengo Indians.
MASSAPEQUA — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing ...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday that New York violated civil rights law by banning the use of Native American mascots and logos by schools in the state, threatening to pull ...
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk ...
The cheery mascot also obscures Massapequa’s legacy of violence against Native Americans, which includes the site of a Native American massacre in the 1600s, Native American activists have said.
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk ...
The Department of Education’s OCR investigated the New York Department of Education and the New York State Board of Regents over the banning of Native American mascots and logos in schools across the ...
The state Board of Regents in 2023 banned the use of Native American mascots, team names and logos ... how can that be an honor when it’s clip art?” said Brewster-walker, a former social ...