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The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery and mascots by ...
The exhibit at the Newberry Library has everything from “Star Wars” clips to Polaroid pictures, showing through pop culture how Native stories are still being created.
Over the past two days, visitors to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History were greeted with the sight of traditional indigenous dress and the sounds of native languages filling the air. The Oklahoma ...
The Illinois House has approved a bill that would ban portrayals of Native Americans in school logos, names and mascots, and ...
Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery.
RELATED: How Ramona High School in Riverside got its name This year, its 102nd season, will feature some history. “In 1998, we really made a conscious effort to have Native American actors ...
The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...
"Everything is being named for the people who were here before," local school-board President Kerry Wachter said of the ...
Fern Cloud has been a hide artist for three decades, and teaches classes throughout the state in an effort to keep her ...
We’ve been doing this right for a long time, let us continue that opportunity,” one metro-east superintendent said.
The bill points out specific K-12 mascots and names like “Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Chieftains, Tribe, Indians, or any ...
More than 40% of American Indian and Alaska Native children are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, which provides health insurance to kids whose families are not eligible for Medicaid. KFF is a health ...