The Chicago Blackhawks took a step toward removing their use of Native American symbols, banning fans from entering games and other team-related events while wearing Native American-style headdresses ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native American advocate Carl Moore sits next to Native American imagery painted along a walkway which leads from the Bountiful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...