Native scholars say President Trump’s call to restore the Commanders’ and Guardians’ former names revives a painful chapter ...

New York State uses weak evidence to impose costly mascot bans on schools.

ROCHESTER — The tribal nations that rejected Rochester Public Schools’ exemption request that would have allowed Dakota Middle School to keep its bison mascot provided little context for doing so.

To many Native Americans, it is not as much about a football team. It’s about how society chooses to represent and often misrepresent them. Native American Rights Fund staff attorney Beth Wright ...

A passionate student letter prompted a southern Pennsylvania school district to change its Native American logo years ago. But the mascot is back after a conservative school board acted on its ...

Mascot ban Long Islanders who oppose the change said the mascots instill a sense of community pride, but local Native American leaders say they promote "a stereotypical image" of their community.

When the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees announced its decision to remove its 81-year mascot, Chief Illiniwek, on Feb. 16, 2007, it represented what many consider to be an important step in ...

Banning Native American mascots in schools across the U.S. In 2020, fivethirtyeight.com identified more than 1,200 high schools across the U.S. that continue to use Native American-themed mascots and ...

The Susquehannock Warriors logo is seen on a trailer at Susquehannock High School, April 25, 2021, in Glen Park, Pa. Pennsylvania’s Southern York County School District reinstated its mascot in ...