Troy’s teams were once named the “Red Wave,” but in 1973, it all changed when students voted to change their name back to the ...

Smith College is the second of the five colleges to change its moniker. In 2016, nearby Amherst College underwent a similar ...

The New York State Board of Regents voted unanimously in April of 2023 to ban the use of Native mascots and imagery for ...

President Donald Trump ordered a civil-rights probe to defend a Long Island school district that's resisting a NY order to ...

Bastrop ISD trustees approved proposals for school colors and mascots to represent three new campuses set to open this fall ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify language around the research. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating New York’s state education department for its enforcement of ...

McMahon argued that several mascots refer to indigenous or ethnic groups including the Minnesota Vikings and Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish, but claimed New York “singled out” Native American ...

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 ...

When the ban was adopted, about five dozen New York school districts still used Native American-inspired mascots and logos. Districts were given until the end of June this year to eliminate banned ...