(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.

(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.

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 ...

Executive Director of the Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois. The Illinois Association of School Boards is currently opposed to the bill, as they argued it would be an expensive ...

Now, more than 20 years later, state lawmakers are considering a bill that ... chair of the American Indian Studies department at UNC-Pembroke, about the effort to ban Native mascots.

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 ...