Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...

In North Carolina, 34 public schools have American Indian logos or mascots. That’s according to the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. Since 2002, the council has called for public ...

North Brookfield became the latest community to shed the Native American mascot that has been the high school's symbol since 1960. Committee members have been mulling the move for some time and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — There is a growing effort to ban the use of American Indian mascots in North Carolina’s public schools. State lawmakers are currently reviewing House Bill 655, a proposal aimed ...

Advocates are pressuring Berlin School District officials to change its race-based “Indians” mascot and logo. Berlin, about 20 miles west of Oshkosh, is one of about two dozen communities in ...

In 2020, North Brookfield High School changed its mascot from the Indians to the Bobcats. However, community members later voted to change it back. In western Massachusetts, Taconic High and ...

A petition urging the board to change the North Haven High School Indians mascot has prompted another petition — against the change. North Haven resident Talia Gallagher, a student at Clark ...

Amityville Superintendent Ed Fale said the district is hoping to keep its "Warriors" team name despite the state's recent ban on the use of Native American mascots, team names and imagery.

The state Board of Regents’ vote on Tuesday to ban the use of Native ... North Flaming Arrows. Other schools that might have to make a change include the Connetquot and Half Hallow Hills ...

It was a game with a touch of history, played the night before the state Board of Regents voted to adopt its regulation banning Native American mascots. For now, the team mascots for teams at both ...

“To that end, we invite you to begin a dialogue with us to learn about contemporary Tribal Nations and Native peoples and why these mascots degrade us, misrepresent who we are and dismiss the ...

Most have changed their mascot or modified their logo. In Eastern Washington, Colville, Reardan and North Central high schools all changed their “Indians” mascot since the legislation was ...