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Prompted by the concerns of Native Americans, the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin has implemented a policy banning student clothing having "words, pictures, or caricatures based on negative stereotypes of a specific gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or disability", which would ban all sports apparel ...
In recognition of the responsibility of higher education to eliminate behaviors that creates a hostile environment for education, in 2005 the NCAA initiated a policy against "hostile and abusive" names and mascots that led to the change of many derived from Native American culture, with the exception of those that established an agreement with ...
A SDSU professor of American Indian Studies states that the mascot teaches the mistaken idea that Aztecs were a local tribe rather than living in Mexico 1,000 miles from San Diego. [20] In April 2017, the university's Associated Students council rejected a resolution to retire the mascot introduced by the Native American Student Association. [21]
The language this session is contained in House Bill 5617, which would prohibit schools already with Native American names, logos and mascots from using them starting in the 2027-2028 school year ...
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However Oregon State law allows schools to retain their Native American mascots with the consent of a local tribe, which Roseburg has with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians. [174] Roxborough High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rural Retreat High School, Rural Retreat, Virginia; Russellville High School, Russellville, Missouri
An informal survey conducted by a resident has shown support for the district's mascot, but Native American alumni say otherwise. 'We should decide': Native American speakers urge Copley-Fairlawn ...
Navajo Nation, American: Alma mater: Haskell Indian Nations University University of Kansas Washington University in St. Louis : Occupation(s) Social Worker Journalist Activist: Years active: 2010–present: Organization: Arizona to Rally Against Native American Mascots: Known for: Opposing the name of the Washington Redskins football team