Several Minnesota school districts say they don’t have the money to comply with the state’s mascot law, which isn't exactly ...

As Massapequa’s sports teams chase state titles, the district is at the center of a legal and political fight to preserve its “Chiefs” mascot—now backed by the U.S. Department of Education.

State legislators are trying once again to ban Native American mascots in Massachusetts high schools. Cape Cod has made ...

Legal Tensions Mount in Mascot Fight. The Massapequa school district is fighting to keep its Chiefs’ name and mascot. The district has been in an ongoing legal battle against the state’s 2023 ...

The federal education department launched a probe in April to determine if the state's threat of withholding funds from the Massapequa district, which has a Native American mascot and goes by the ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools discriminates against Native Americans.

The mascots rely on outdated, white-washed stereotypes and degrade Native Americans, Kane said. Massapequa’s logo, for instance, depicts a headdress that draws lineage to the Plains and the West.

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration defends them, reflecting a broader shift.

After the state forced a Long Island school district to abandon its “Chief” mascot, federal education officials said the policy discriminated against Native Americans.

Opinion. Several years ago, I attended a tribal council meeting of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Before the meeting began, council members shared devastating news: Two ...