WGRZ

NYS school districts told they can no longer use Native American symbols or mascots in their school name

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Education Department put out a directive to all school districts across the state to not use Native American symbols or mascots are part of their school name, mascots ...
Daily Sundial

“Educate, Not Eradicate,” The Use of Native Imagery from Native Voices

“We love it. Who wouldn’t?” said Eunice Goodstar Woman Davidson, founder of the Native American Guardian Association. Activists have fought hard to remove the names and logos of Native Americans from ...
Democrat and Chronicle

NY directs schools to change Native American nicknames, logos: What it means in Section V

For a while now, the State Education Department has recommended high schools in New York to drop the use of Native American mascots, team names and logos. But today, that recommendation is a directive ...
Times Union

All Native American mascots and nicknames must go, New York says

State Education Department issues memo requiring 60 school districts in New York to end the use of symbols by end of year. The decision will have an impact on 12 schools in the Capital Region.
WDIO

MSHSL list of school mascots and logos with ties to Native American culture

Early on Wednesday, the Minnesota Senate passed the Education Finance bill. The bill includes a provision prohibiting the use of Native American symbols or names as mascots unless all 11 Minnesota ...