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Trump’s education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban Indigenous residents on Long Island have called Massapequa’s mascot problematic as it depicts ...
A prob into New York state's ban on Native American-inspired mascots and logos was found to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act, the Department of Education announced Friday.
Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state’s elementary and high schools.
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating New York’s state education department for its enforcement of a state policy that prohibits the use of Native American imagery in school mascots ...
The Native American mascot ban would include logos, team names and mascots 90 Illinois schools use, like the Mt. Zion Braves or the Cahokia Comanches.
The exhibit at the Newberry Library has everything from “Star Wars” clips to Polaroid pictures, showing through pop culture how Native stories are still being created. “We’r… ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a first-day-of-issue ceremony for the "powwow" stamps, which are designed to celebrate Native American culture.
American Indian and Alaska Native people under age 65 are more likely to be uninsured than White people under 65, but 30% rely on Medicaid compared with 15% of their White counterparts, according ...
Young Indigenous sisters spoke out about how hurtful they found the portrayals of Native Americans within the Golden-based Westernaires. They have now left the group, ...
Economic, educational disparities for Native Americans in Mass. perpetuate wealth gap, study says Researchers say the study fills a previously missing piece in understanding the racial wealth gap ...