(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.

What we know The bill would prohibit school mascots based on federally recognized tribes, historical Native American people or groups, or other characteristics, according to a news release from Rep.

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.

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 ...

Don Stevens, leader of the Vermont-recognized Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, drops tobacco onto a drum at an Indigenous Peoples Day event in 2021. A bill in the New Hampshire House ...

(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.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill that would create a “turquoise” safety alert system for missing Native American people in New Mexico has been endorsed by the Legislature. A vote of the state ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A monumental bill to ban Illinois schools from using Native American names, logos, and mascots passed out of the House after a controversial debate Thursday.

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 ...