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The Illinois House has approved a bill that would ban portrayals of Native Americans in school logos, names and mascots, and ...
The House advanced a bill that would ban using Native American names and imagery in mascots, logos and team names. If passed, ...
The Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 1237, which prohibits K-12 schools from using a Native American name, ...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public ... In June of 1966, SIU students and administrators agreed to choose a mascot for the university, so the following October, student Chris ...
The mascot has come under fire from a grassroots group called Mascots Matter, which is led by adults with dwarfism and parents of children with dwarfism in western and southern states. They are ...
Every time a Freeburg sports team travels, its mascot's name is displayed in the schools across Illinois.” Rep. Kevin Schmidt, R-Millstadt, represents Freeburg and argued against the bill ...