KENNEWICK — Fifty years ago, Kennewick and Yakama tribal officials stood side-by-side as they opened Kamiakin High School. Now school district officials are putting together a presentation to show how ...

In 1937, Phoenix was a small city isolated in the middle of the Arizona desert with a population of less than 50,000 people who, like the rest of the nation, were struggling to recover from the Great ...

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — West Hartford leaders have moved one step closer towards pulling all Native American symbols out of the town’s high schools, and the students are still split over it.

Students and a Spokane Public Schools administration member pause in the North Central High School hallway around the statue of a Native American during the Pledge of Allegiance on the first day of in ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Education Department put out a directive to all school districts across the state to not use Native American symbols or mascots are part of their school name, mascots ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Many Native Americans and other indigenous people gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Saturday morning to fight against a resolution in the Utah Legislature that would ...

When the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees announced its decision to remove its 81-year mascot, Chief Illiniwek, on Feb. 16, 2007, it represented what many consider to be an important step in ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Public Schools voted unanimously on Wednesday night to change the mascots and symbols of several local schools. SPS voted to change the mascot and symbol of the North Central ...

At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered in red handprints, arrows and drawings of Native American men in headdresses meant to represent ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - The Iowa Department of Human Rights is calling on Iowa Schools to stop using Native American symbols for mascots. The department said the mascots are degrading and hurtful.

Ah yes, Major League Baseball’s post-season. “October Ball” is about to begin, and once again the low-budget baseball team from Cleveland will be absent. In fact, despite an exceedingly small handful ...