“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

A teacher at East Leyden High School in the west Chicago suburb of Franklin Park ... the school's eagle mascot, Vega; and the news media. A mariachi band came too. "Just another way for him ...

West’s other measure that passed through the House, dubbed the Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act, only targets one school: Freeburg Community High School and its team name ...

The school had previously been home to the Lane Tech Indians moniker and mascot—a Native American man wearing a feathered headdress—for more than 100 years. Des Plaines’ Maine West High ...

A sign outside of Freeburg Community High School ... argue the mascot isn’t meant to be offensive, and it’s an issue that should be decided locally by the school board. West started Thursday ...

Poca High School in West Virginia has perhaps the punniest mascot in the country: The Dots. / SBLive archives It's time to Dot your i's and cross your Cee Bees, because it's high school mascot ...

FREEBURG — A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the "Midgets," a term many people with dwarfism consider a slur. State Rep. Maurice West ...

A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the “Midgets,” a term many people with dwarfism consider a slur. State Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford ...

The Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act was written by West’s staff and a group of activists from across the country who have been asking Freeburg High School District 77 ...