(WTVO) — Seven schools in northern Illinois could be required to change their name, logo, or mascot if a recently passed Illinois bill banning Native American-themed imagery is signed into law.

Still, the bill calls for banning schools from using Native American names, logos or mascots that include federally recognized tribes, historical Native American people or tribal groups.

The bill has raised conversations on the House floor and beyond about the best ways to teach and preserve the state’s Native American history and if this can be done appropriately through ...

Erica Harriss join a protest against the proposed ban on Native American mascots in Illinois. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Proponents of the bill argue Native American mascots ...

(WGN) — The Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 1237 Tuesday, a piece of legislation that aims to prohibit Illinois K-12 schools from using a Native American name, logo or mascot.

HB1237, which seeks to block local school districts from using Native ... American Guardians Association to continue using the Indian name. “That’s not part of the frustrating part of this ...