My high school had a mascot, as did my college. I never really cared, but I bring it up because in the long list of things about which a society should concern itself, high school mascots rank somewhere between discarded chewing gum and pocket lint. But one should never pass up an opportunity to file a lawsuit.
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The New York Education Department decreed that schools could no longer use Native American images, names, logos, etc., unless they secured tribal permission. Fox News notes that in keeping with that decision, the Brentwood Union Free School District on Long Island scrapped its previous mascot, “Indians,” and held a survey among students, teachers, and the community to select a new one. The choices were Bears,
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