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Grants from the Native American Heritage Fund will help schools replace mascots and promote Indigenous culture.
The agency announced Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into the school district for "actively taking steps to erase its Native American mascot and imagery." ...
As the Massapequa school district continues its tussle to retain its Chiefs moniker and logo, the town is asking its biggest ...
The district is fighting a state ban on the use of Native American mascots, team names and logos in public schools.
The Massapequa school district asked President Donald Trump to issue an executive order that would allow schools, teams and organizations to use Native American names and mascots ...
No Native American child should have to endure sitting through a pep rally or in a stadium where their culture is being mocked, said Jacqueline De León, staff attorney for the Native American Rights ...
It is more than a decade later, and Native youth and college students are still living in a world eager to demean them for ...
The Masapequa School District’s Board of Education has asked President Donald Trump to sign an executive order, allowing the ...
Advocates have made strides in getting Native American symbols and names changed in sports, but they say more work needs to be done mainly at the high school level.
New York has been trying to rid schools of Native American mascots going back more than two decades to the administration of Republican Gov. George Pataki, and in 2022 gave districts until the end ...