New York's education department is demanding school districts to comply with an earlier decision to nix all Native American mascots, team names and logos.
Powwow attendee Sonny Hensley holds an anti-mascot button to protest using Indians as mascots for sports teams at the 2003 New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow in Columbus, Ohio.
Powwow attendee Sonny Hensley holds an anti-mascot button to protest using Indians as mascots for sports teams at the 2003 New Years Eve Sobriety Powwow in Columbus, Ohio.School districts across the state of New York are prohibited from using any Native American mascots, team names or logos. And the state's education department is now urging its school comply by the end of the school year — or risk losing state aid.
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