News; Education; Native American names or symbols can no longer be used as Washington public school mascots April 26, 2021 Updated Mon., April 26, 2021 at 9:32 p.m. Students and a Spokane Public ...

In 2001, former New York Education Commissioner Richard Mills said using Native American symbols or depictions as mascots can become “a barrier to building a safe and nurturing school community ...

How Native American ... It’s the assumption that the symbols don’t have real-world consequences for living people. A professor at the University of Michigan and member of the Tulalip Tribe, ...

Bill to prohibit public schools’ use of Native names, symbols as mascots passes state House Feb. 24, 2021 Updated Wed., Feb. 24, 2021 at 7:52 a.m. A play from the Reardan High School Indians is ...

And Oregon prohibited public schools from the use of Native American names, symbols or images. The names on the banned list include: Redskins, Savages, Indians, Indianettes, Chiefs and Braves.

To be Native American, you don't claim a tribe; a tribe claims you. I am an enrolled Sicangu Lakota, and my reservation is the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in Okreek, South Dakota.

Native imagery is embedded in the national subconscious, whether we're paying attention or not. A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply "Americans" and shows ...

Maine has banned the use of Native American mascots in its public schools and colleges, making it the first state in the nation to fully outlaw the use of such images by educational institutions ...

Sonny Hensley holds an anti-mascot button to protest using Indians as mascots for sports teams at the 10th Annual New Year's Eve Sobriety Powwow on January 1, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio.

Less misunderstanding leads to Native American students feeling like they belong on campus, Hernandez said. “When people think about San Manuel they only think about casinos,” he said.

WORCESTER - For Jean-Luc Pierite, the activism began in 2015 when a marching band wearing fake Native American headdresses was introduced during a televised parade in Washington, D.C. “They were ...