Tag: Eaton High School

• 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 –…

  April 18, 2016

  Article, Discussion

  American Indian Mascots, Colorado Governor’s Commission on Indian Representation, Eaton Colorado, Eaton High School, Fightin’ Reds, Governor John Hickenlooper, Karalee Kothe, Native American Mascots, Offensive Mascots, Racism, Red Ink, Sand Creek Massacre

• Via greeleytribune.com: Eaton teacher: Gov. Hickenlooper’s Native American mascot commission brings stakeholders together

  An excerpt: Eaton High School is one of a few dozen Colorado high schools that features either a Native American nickname or mascot. The school has weathered protests and been in legislators’ cross hairs, including a failed bill this past year that would have cut state funding from schools with nicknames or mascots deemed offensive…

  January 5, 2016

  Article

  Colorado, Deidre Jones, Eaton High School, Gov. Hickenlooper’s Native American Mascot Commission, Indian Mascots