Massapequa was among four school districts on Long Island that filed a federal suit challenging the ban, arguing their choice ...

One of the last New York school districts fighting a 2023 ban on Native American mascots has won a powerful ally in the White ...

President Donald Trump issued support to a Northeast high school using a Native American as a mascot, defying a statewide ban ...

“There are several mascots that refer to indigenous or ethnic groups – the Vikings, Fighting Irish, the Cowboys – and yet New York has specifically singled out Native American heritag ...

But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school’s mascot — a stereotypical Native American man wearing a headdress — as problematic.

“It is not lost on the Department that there are several mascots that refer to indigenous or ethnic groups — the Vikings, Fighting Irish, the Cowboys — and yet New York has specifically ...