In 2001, former New York Education Commissioner Richard Mills said using Native American symbols or depictions as mascots can become “a barrier to building a safe and nurturing school community ...

WARROAD, Minn. (TND) — Long dark hair, a feathery headpiece, a stoic disposition. This is the image of the Native American warrior, one that has long been ubiquitous with courage, honor and ...

The Salamanca High School football field, featuring the school’s Warrior mascot. The State Education Department has told school districts to abandon Native American mascots.

Parents and the school committee are debating whether to retire the Warriors logo, featuring a Native American warrior's head. It has been a symbol of pride and spirit in Foxboro since anyone can ...

Education Foxborough School Committee votes to change Native American mascot logo but keep ‘Warrior’ name “Our mission as a public school is to be for everyone, all the time,” one school ...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) — The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the ...