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In 2010 a law was passed in Wisconsin to eliminate race-based nicknames, logos and mascots in schools; but allowing retention if they have the permission of local Native American tribes. Many mascots were changed either voluntarily or in response to complaints. [ 152 ]
Also taking place in 2022 was the New York State Education Department's decision to require every school district in the state with Native American-themed mascots – or Native American-themed team names (such as "Warriors") – to change them unless receiving approval for an exemption from a state- or federally-recognized tribe; any district ...
In recognition of the responsibility of higher education to eliminate behaviors that creates a hostile environment for education, in 2005 the NCAA initiated a policy against "hostile and abusive" names and mascots that led to the change of many derived from Native American culture, with the exception of those that established an agreement with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This order applies only to Cambridge, although there are 70 schools in the state that have Native mascots. [16] In a final order, the state Education Commissioner ordered the school to entirely eliminate the mascot by July 1, 2022, citing the evidence that Native mascots "inhibits the creation of 'a safe and supportive environment' for all ...
School districts for Derby, Killingly, Windsor, and Woodbury/Bethlehem are choosing to defy the state law which bars schools with Native American mascots from receiving tribal funding, Alex ...