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PAINT JOB … Wauseon football players Izaak Conrad, Clete Van Etten, and Maddox Schneider along with player parents gave the ...
High School advisory council has unanimously voted to move forward with retiring the Merritt Island school's longtime "Indian" mascot and nickname. The review process now goes to Brevard Public ...
Since 2002, the council has called for public schools to stop using American Indian mascots, calling them “detrimental to the self-identity, self-concept, and self-esteem of American Indian ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — There is a growing effort to ban the use of American Indian mascots in North Carolina’s public schools. State lawmakers are currently reviewing House Bill 655, a proposal aimed ...
In its resolution, SACIE stressed that American Indian descriptions, naming mascots, logos and sports team nicknames are detrimental to the self-identity, self-concept and self-esteem of American ...
NORTH BROOKFIELD — Months after the local School Committee voted to ditch the school's Indian mascot, voters in a non-binding referendum said they want to adopt the "American Indian Chief" as ...
The Manhasset School District mascot will be no mascot at all. Instead, the district announced last week that the school’s “Indian” mascot would be replaced by just the school’s name ...
Many in the community wanted to celebrate the mascot and the school’s proud history. Others believe the Indian mascot and logo are insensitive or offensive to Native Americans. “The courts did ...
NORWOOD, Ohio (WKRC) - The Norwood School Board is reviewing the use of its Indian mascot. Board members say the idea behind making their support of the mascot official comes after seeing a recent ...
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KUOO) - A public school board in Northwest Iowa has voted to keep its Indian mascot. Monday night the Spirit Lake School Board voted 4-1 in favor of keeping the mascot ...
Mahopac parents and administrators were active in contributing to the issue in Albany, with residents both backing the proposed regulations and others making arguments for the Indian mascot’s ...