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San Diego Unified bans derogatory Native American terms from school names, mascots
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted to revise its naming and mascot policy, and Clairemont High ...
Native American mascots should be phased out of K-12 schools in Illinois
Supporters of Native mascots at schools say they are well-intended and don't cause harm. But several independent studies ...
A town refuses to give up the school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support
President Donald Trump this month ordered the U.S. Department of Education to launch an investigation into the dispute over ...
NY push to retire Native American school mascots meets new foe: the Trump administration
President Donald Trump ordered a civil-rights probe to defend a Long Island school district that's resisting a NY order to ...
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A town refuses to give up the school's Native American mascot — and gets Trump's support
“And that reduces us to a type, rather than portray us as distinct peoples.” Indian mascots also contribute to the view that Native peoples are relics of the past, and not living communities ...