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On September 24, 1993 the Washington State Board of Education (WSBE) passed a resolution encouraging all state schools to end the use of Native American mascots [140] This was reiterated by a similar resolution in 2012. [141] [142] In the absence of mandatory regulations, change came only as individual schools have addressed the issue.
A SDSU professor of American Indian Studies states that the mascot teaches the mistaken idea that Aztecs were a local tribe rather than living in Mexico 1,000 miles from San Diego. [20] In April 2017, the university's Associated Students council rejected a resolution to retire the mascot introduced by the Native American Student Association. [21]
[1] Fourteen schools either removed all references to Native American culture or were deemed not to have references to Native American culture as part of their athletics programs. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Subsequently, 19 teams were cited as having potentially "hostile or abusive" names, mascots, or images, that would be banned from displaying them during ...
The language this session is contained in House Bill 5617, which would prohibit schools already with Native American names, logos and mascots from using them starting in the 2027-2028 school year ...
Proposed bills S.245 in the Senate and H.477 in the House state that no public school uses an athletic team name, logo, or mascot which names, refers to, represents, or is associated with Native ...
Schools are now prohibited to use Native American slurs in athletic team names. Amendments to the Feather Alert will also be rolled out. New California law bans Native American mascots at K-12 ...
In a few states with significant Native American populations; such as Colorado, [9] Maine, [10] Nevada, [11] Oregon, [12] Washington, [13] and Wisconsin, [14] change has been mandated by law. A law was passed in Connecticut which withholds tribal funding provided by casino revenue from any school that retains a Native mascots after July 1, 2022.
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