Supporters of Native mascots at schools say they are well-intended and don't cause harm. But several independent studies ...

A New York City suburb has become the latest flashpoint in the enduring debate over the place of Indigenous imagery in ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Unified School Board voted unanimously on Tuesday night to prohibit the use of Native American terms as school mascots, affecting several schools in the district.

President Donald Trump offered his support to an issue that has sewn divisions in one part of New York: a high school’s mascot depicting a Native American. In April 2023, the New York State ...

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school's mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

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