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A mural of a chief is being painted next to Massapequa High School by its students despite a recent state ban on Native American mascots.
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The state Education Department released a document this week that details steps for the removal of Indigenous names, mascots and logos. Since a ban was passed, community members have expressed concern and confusion about how it should be implemented.
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Students and administrators in one New York school district are wrestling with how to respond to the state’s newly approved ban on the use of Native American-themed logos and names.
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Germain Smith, a Shinnecock tribal leader, responds to common arguments by school districts in opposition to the ban on Native American names, mascots and imagery in public schools in New York.
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The Board of Regents will discuss a potential ban on the use of Native American names and imagery as team logos or mascots in New York schools.
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Connecticut officials have determined that three schools are not in compliance with a new law that prohibits the use of Native American customs or traditions such as mascots, team names, or logos.
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Thursday evening, the New York State Education Department ordered all school districts in the state to remove “Indian” mascots and associated Native American imagery from the public school system.
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North Haven High School is the latest in Connecticut to dump a mascot that’s offensive to Native Americans. Student-athletes there will no longer be known…
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Connecticut schools get funds from casinos run by two indigenous tribes — and about a dozen schools with indigenous mascots could lose that funding.…