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Native American mascots should be phased out of K-12 schools in Illinois
Supporters of Native mascots at schools say they are well-intended and don't cause harm. But several independent studies ...
NY push to retire Native American school mascots meets new foe: the Trump administration
President Donald Trump ordered a civil-rights probe to defend a Long Island school district that's resisting a NY order to ...
President Trump says Massapequa High School should keep Chiefs logo
President Trump says a Long Island high school should be allowed to keep their Native American mascot, going against a ...
A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support
A New York City suburb has become the latest flashpoint in the enduring debate over the place of Indigenous imagery in ...
San Diego Unified bans derogatory Native American terms from school names, mascots
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted to revise its naming and mascot policy, and Clairemont High ...
Trump vows to ‘fight’ for school that refuses to change its Native American mascot
President Donald Trump issued support to a Northeast high school using a Native American as a mascot, defying a statewide ban ...
San Diego Unified could overhaul how it renames schools and mascots. To some, the effort is overdue.
The school’s mascot, now the Chieftains, is banned under a new state law and has to be changed to comply. “It’s literally one ...
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A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — As a high school hockey player ... rather than portray us as distinct peoples.” Indian mascots also contribute to the view that Native peoples are relics of the ...