Tag: Governor John Hickenlooper

• Gov. Hickenlooper, Commission release report on the Study of American Indian Representations in Public Schools

  DENVER — Monday, April 18, 2016 — Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Governor’s Commission to Study American Indian Representation in Public Schools today released their final report on the use of mascots and imagery in Colorado public schools. The group was joined by William (Bill) Mendoza, the executive director of White House Initiative on American…

  April 18, 2016

  Press Release

  American Indian Mascots, Bill Mendoza, Chairman Clement Frost, Chairman Manuel Heart, Colorado Governor’s Commission on Indian Representation, Governor John Hickenlooper, Native American Mascots, Principal Jeff Rasp, Southern Ute Tribe, tribal sovereignty, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education

• 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