Trump backs Long Island town’s effort to keep Native American logo

Trump vows to ‘fight’ for school that refuses to change its Native American mascot

President Donald Trump offered his support to an issue that has sewn divisions in one part of New York: a high school’s mascot depicting a Native American. In April 2023, the New York State Board of Regents unanimously voted to ban school districts from using Indigenous iconography and names for mascots. Of the 13 school districts on Long Island, nine have complied. The district that Massapequa High School belongs to is among those that have not.

Native Americans Take on Wokism

As with many Native American team names, controversy surrounding the use of the team name “Massapequa Chiefs” by a Long Island school district was sparked by a tiny woke minority that then engulfed the majority. New York passed a law p...

Trump Wades Into DEI Fight Over Native American Mascots in Schools

Scholars and Native American activists have long pushed back on schools’ use of such images.

Shawnee District 84 opposes an Illinois bill that would ban Native American mascots - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News

WOLF LAKE, Ill. (KBSI) — Officials from a southern Illinois school district are speaking out against an Illinois bill that would ban schools from using a native American name, logo, or mascot. At Shawnee Community Unit School District #84, students play pickleball in the gym decorated with the school’s Shawnee Redskins imagery — a mascot that superintendent Shelly Clover-Hill said  is source of pride for them. “This area is rich in native Americ…

Illinois communities clash over symbolic mascots amid new legislation – KSDK (St. Louis)

The bills would prohibit the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots and restrict educational institutions from adopting or continuing the use of discriminatory disability mascots. The bills are still working their way through the legislative process, but they could change the way area high schools look in the near future.

Trump backs Long Island Indigenous mascot, rejects New York mascot ban

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — On Monday, President Donald Trump posted support for Massapequa Union Free School District’s bid to keep its Chiefs mascot. Backing a district that defied New York’s mascot mandate, he rejected the state’s "ridiculous" ban on Indigenous mascots. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Trump on April 21 urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon to throw her weight behind t…