Far from the Cherokee Nation on the Olympic Peninsula, CN citizen and artist Karen Sixkiller has a new exhibit underway, and ...

Chief Illiniwek is the most divisive figure on campus ... he could instill pride in the hearts of students for their university. But the Chief is not a mascot Illinois students should cherish. He’s a ...

the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign rid itself of Chief Illiniwek in the mid-2000s following years of protests. “It’s 2025. It’s time to get rid of these images and mascots that ...

In 2018, Rosenstein, a long-time opponent of using representations of Native Americans as mascots, was investigating continued appearances of an unofficial Chief Illiniwek at basketball games. He ...

Illinois, however, recently had to do away with its mascot, Chief Illiniwek, after 81 years. If North Dakota does want to keep the nickname, part of the stipulation is that they gain approval from the ...

The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and ...

A Long Island school pleaded Monday with the Trump administration to jump into its ongoing fight to keep its Native American team name – with one week until a pivotal legal deadline.

Trump called the Native American mascot ban "ridiculous" and an "affront to our great Indian population." He stated his support for the Massapequa Chiefs. “Once a Chief, always a Chief,” said ...

The long-winded Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act passed the Illinois House of Representatives earlier this month.

The “Chief” name and logo are used across the district, including at Massapequa High School, though the school does not have a traditional costumed mascot, according to the school board.