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But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school's mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.
Each year, nearly $18 million of this funding provides career and technical education programs for American Indian and Alaska Native students through the Native American Career and Technical Education ...
The Massapequa School District is at the center of a heated controversy over its longtime "Chiefs" mascot after New York state education officials ordered districts to retire Native American ...
FOR YEARS, SOME HAVE CLAIMED THAT THE GATHERING OF NATIONS COMMERCIALIZES NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PROFITING FROM IT. TONIGHT, IN A TARGET 7 INVESTIGATION, WE FOLLOW THE MONEY.
And that’s only 40 miles south of here.” Now, this week, a third Republican lawmaker has made untoward comments about our Native American neighbors, and took a shot at the City of Grand Forks ...
This bill would eliminate Native American mascots from public schools across the state. One southern Illinois school district is speaking out, urging lawmakers to reconsider so they can preserve ...
Connecting to Mounds Through Native Art," a contemporary art exhibit featuring Native American artists from four federally recognized tribes. The idea for this exhibition came from Lisa King, an ...
According to the U.S. Census, in 2022 53% of Native Americans living in the United States are homeowners, compared to 74% of white people. The new docu-series “From Hope to Home: What We Came Here For ...
The bills would prohibit the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots and restrict educational institutions from adopting or continuing the use of discriminatory disability mascots.
President Donald Trump ordered Education Secretary Linda McMahon to intervene in a New York legal dispute over a school using a Native American mascot. The New York Board of Regents ordered all ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — John Foster, a Louisiana native and “American Idol” contestant, delivered a heartfelt tribute Sunday night to his late friend Maggie Dunn, one of two ...
"When I think of a warrior, I think of somebody with bravery… We honor and celebrate our Native American heritage here on Long Island." The district sued the state in September, saying that the ...