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The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery and mascots by ...
The House advanced a bill that would ban using Native American names and imagery in mascots, logos and team names. If passed, ...
The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...
House Bill 1237 passed in the House on Thursday with a vote of 71-40.
SPRINGFIELD – K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and ...
Two brothers and lifelong Braves fans are trying to get the team to change its branding from Native American imagery into a ...
According to legislators, 90 schools throughout the state use these references and will be required make the switch.
The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...
It also applies to logos with Native American feathered headdresses or ... because they can choose not to be fans of professional sports teams like the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL, but they ...
Following a wave of schools and professional sports teams over the last 20 years scaling back usage of Native American-themed names, imagery, mascots and logos, the Democrat-led ...
The Illinois House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would ban schools from using Native American names, ...