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  • Via TurtleTalk: Professor Tsosie on Indigenous Identity & Sports Mascots

    Professor Tsosie’s excellent Federal Lawyer article on identity and sports mascots is available below. Her longer law review article on these subjects is available here. Tsosie Fed Lawyer Art on Mascots To view the original article on TurtleTalk, click here.

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  • Via NPR.org: Why America’s Schools Have A Money Problem

    An excerpt: Let’s begin with a choice. Say there’s a check in the mail. It’s meant to help you run your household. You can use it to keep the lights on, the water running and food on the table. Would you rather that check be for $9,794 or $28,639? It’s not a trick question. It’s…

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  • Via CPR.org: In Rural Eaton, Students Takes Lead on Whether to Remove Indian Mascot

    An excerpt: Like most students, Eaton High School senior Karalee Kothe had never thought about her school’s mascot — the Fightin’ Reds — really deeply. Then last year, she heard about state lawmakers who were pushing a bill that would have created a committee to review the use of potentially offensive Indian mascots. If the committee – or a tribe –…

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  • UM Study Says American Indian Mascots Create Negative Stereotypes

    A study recently released by the University of Montana has determined that the use of American Indian mascots causes ‘detrimental societal consequences’.  Justin Angle, Associate Professor at the University of Montana School of Business Administration, along with researchers from the University of Washington and Washington State, said the study focused on Native American brand imagery.…

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  • Via PBS.org: How safe are Bureau of Indian Education Schools?

    An excerpt: Thousands of children attend schools operated by the federal Bureau of Indian Education, and for years, no one has known for sure if the buildings where they learn, eat and sleep are safe. That’s one finding from a recent report issued by the Government Accountability Office that has shaken the bureau, which oversees…

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  • Wash. State Recognizes “Honor” of Eagle Feathers at Graduation Ceremonies

          The Washington State Office of Public Instruction and its Superintendent Randy Dorn recently issued a letter to state schools regarding “tribal students wearing items of cultural significance such as eagle feathers during graduation ceremonies.”  The State concludes that a student wearing an eagle feather “should not be viewed as a violation of the graduation…

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