US EditionSchool changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names
Connetquot Central School District will use the T-Birds name without Indigenous imagery and withdraw its legal appeal to comply with New York's Native American mascot ban.
- On Tuesday evening in Bohemia, N.Y., the Connetquot school board narrowly approved a settlement to change its mascot from Thunderbirds to T-Birds by a margin of three to two.
- The vote followed a 2023 New York state regulation banning Native American mascots, forcing districts including Connetquot to comply by the end of June.
- The settlement allows the district to keep imagery like an eagle and thunderbolt while representing that the T-Birds name has no Indigenous association.
- Opponents called the agreement fraudulent and plan legal challenges, while the U.S. Department of Education continues investigating the district’s mascot changes.
- The settlement ends current litigation but includes a clause letting Connetquot revert to Thunderbirds if the state ban is repealed or overturned.
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The Connetquot school board voted Tuesday to move forward with a settlement that would allow the district to use the nickname "T-Birds" instead of its current name, the Thunderbirds.
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School changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names
A suburban New York school district has agreed to change its “Thunderbirds” nickname to simply the “T-Birds” in order to comply with the state’s mandate to retire all Native American sports names and mascots.
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