New York is telling high schools to dump their American Indian mascots by the end of the school year in light of a recent court decision – or risk losing state funding in 2023.
New York’s Education Department is telling high schools to dump their Native American mascots by the end of the school year – or risk losing state funding in 2023.
The move follows a June 2022 ruling against the upstate Cambridge Central School District, which sought to hold onto its “Indians” identity, despite decades of advocacy by indigenous groups saying such monikers disrespect native people. “Public school districts are prohibited from utilizing Native American mascots. Arguments that community members support the use of such imagery or that it is ‘respectful’ to Native Americans are no longer tenable,” reads aSchool districts who refuse to adopt less offensive athletic avatars could face “the removal of school officers and the withholding of State Aid,” the letter adds while acknowledging that Cambridge is now turning over a new leaf on the matter.
New York’s Education Department is telling high schools to remove their Native American mascots by the end of the school year.School districts who refuse to adopt less offensive athletic mascots could face “the removal of school officers and the withholding of State Aid,” a letter from the State Education Department said.
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